Monday, February 20, 2017

Activities to do with kids in the Fraser Valley.

FRASER VALLEY ACTIVITIES WITH KIDS…FIELD TRIPS.

IN MOST COMMUNITIES:
Pet Store
Movie Theatre
Board Game Cafe
Recycle Depot
Library
Tims coffee date
Mall with a plan and a budget
Fire Department
Pizza Place
Save on
Picnics
Parkour


ABBOTSFORD:
Mill Lake
Walk / run  the Track
Trethewey House Heritage Site (Abb)
Mennonite Museum
Spray Park
Fishtrap Creek
Walmsley Lake (Albert Dyck)
Willow view Farm
Eco Dairy
Mann Farms
Taves Apple Barn
Corn Maze
Trout Hatchery
Birchwood Dairy
Tanglebank Gardens
Gagan Petting zoo
Campbell's Gold Honey Farm & Meadery     2595 Lefeuvre Road
Goats Pride at McLennan Creek   308540 Olund Rd  
Clayburn Village (Abby /  Mission)
Cascade Aerospace Hangar (across from Abbotsford airport)
Get Air
Bowling
ARC (swimming, gym, skating)
Mini Golfing (Castle Fun Park)
Play Abby
Project Climbing Centre
Twisters Gymnastics (Noon Nutties Drop In)
The Reach
Clay Cottage
Glenda’s Christmas Cottage
MaryLynn’s Kitchen for Christmas Baking
Dollar Store for Operation Shoe Box
Dollar Store for 5 & 2 ministries
4 Cats
HOFA Art Supplies / Classes

ALDERGROVE:
Silver brook u catch (ABBY / ALDERGROVE)
The Zoo
Aldergrove Telephone Museum and Community Archives
Aldergrove Lake Park (trails & rock to try and climb)

FORT LANGLEY:
Fort Langley - The Fort
Aldor Acres Farm (5 mins from Fort Langley) (They have pumpkin patch and dairy - some thing dairy is more interesting)

LANGLEY:
Go Bananas (Chilliwack & Langley)
Krause Berry Farms (Langly)
Canada Bread Tour (Langley)
Campbell Valley
Canadian Museum of Flight (Langley Airport)
Penzer Parkour Park
Milner Valley Cheese

CHILLIWACK:
Cultus Lake
Fraser River
Lindemann Lake
Blue Heron Reserve
Cultus Lake WaterSlides
Go Bananas (Chilliwack & Langley)
Chilliwack Museum - has a series of hands-on group classes for elem. children that can be scheduled. They also have a cupboard full of hands-on Discovery Bins which can be accessed anytime.

MISSION:
Stave Falls / Dam - Powerhouse at Stave Falls
Rolley Lake
Golden Ears (Gold Creek)
Mission Museum

HARRISON:
Harrison Lake
Hicks Lake
Othello Tunnels
Bridal Falls
Bridal Falls Waterslides

HARRISON MILLS:
Kilby Store & Farm (Harrison Mills)
Fraser River Safari


SURREY:
Funtopia (indoor playplace)
Surrey’s Heritage Rail

WHITE ROCK:
White Rock (The Ocean)
Darts Hill (Surrey / White Rock area, appointment needed)
Crescent Beach
Blackie Spit Park
1000 Steps

STEVESON:
Britannia Heritage Shipyard is located at the south foot Railway Ave in (Steveston)
Gulf of Georgia Cannery -12138 Fourth Ave Steveston

BURNABY:
Burnaby Village Museum

VANCOUVER:
Whytcliff Park in West Van (long drive) - fantastic for checking out tide pools (see tide charts online).
Reifel Migratory Bird Santuary (Delta, quite a drive but a really neat day trip!)
The Vancouver Aquarium
Science WorldIona Beach – by airport
Barnet Marine Park (tide out = see starfish & crabs)

OTHER:
Hells Gate
Historic Yale(Boomtown on the Fraser)







Favorite Parks / School Playgrounds or places to ride a bike…
Mill Lake
Fish Trap Creek
Grant Park
Auguston Traditional School
North Poplar School
The park at the track (with the amazing zipline)
Matsqui Village Park








Waste Water Treatment plant(my boys especially remember this one and still talk about it! I don't remember the exact name of the facility, but it's located almost underneath the Golden Ears Bridge, on the Port Kells/Walnut Grove side.)

ABB        *The Rotary Walking Track
ABB        *Discovery Trail
HAR        *Harrison Hot Springs Magical  Spirit Trail
Anywhere   *Geocaching
ABB        $$Tulip Festival                               http://abbotsfordtulipfestival.ca/index.html
ABB        Spud Murphy Park – 32285 Hillcrest Ave (May long – Sept long weekend)
CHILL     Cultas Lake
HOPE     Bridal Falls
MIS        Rolley Lake Prov Park
MIS        Rolley Falls
MIS        $$Powerhouse @ Stave Falls
MIS        Stave Falls
MIS        Hayward Lake
MIS        Fraser River Heritage Park


I will keep adding to this list - so feel free to send me ideas - and enjoy it!!

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