Port Coquitlam Parks

Aggie Park has a ball diamond, a soccer field, and an outdoor pool. It's close to the intersection of Shaughnessy St and the Lougheed Hwy.

Birchwood Park was always called Spider Park, in my experience. It's a little block (2 hectares) of forest, with one part containing a small playground. It's across from Birchland Elementary, on 1330 Fraser Avenue.

Cascara Park is a neat little playground park on Ellis Drive on the northside, south of Birchland school and west of Cedar Drive school. (1214 Ellis Drive)

Castle Park is a grassed natural amphitheatre up on the south side of Mary Hill in PoCo's south, overlooking the Fraser River near the Port Mann Bridge. There are washrooms and a medium sized playground. Fireworks sometimes happen here. (2252 Castle Cres., or on Citadel Dr.)

Cedar Park has two ball diamonds and a soccer field. It's beside Cedar Drive Elementary, close to the eastern end of Prairie Ave. (950 Prairie Ave.)

Chelsea Park is a worthy park with a modest sports field, forested trails, a neat little footbridge, and a decent playground. It's east of Apel Dr, up Coast Meridian. (1277 Chelsea Ave.)

Colony Farm is a large marshy meadow on the alluvial fan above where the Coquitlam River meets the Fraser River. There is a 6 km biking trail, and 9 km of flat walks with wildlife viewing and a community garden. Map to/of Colony Farm

Evergreen Park on the Northeast side of PoCo has tennis courts, a soccer field, a playground, and a ball diamond. My bike was stolen from there in 1985. (3500 Cedar Dr.)

Gates Park is the extensive (48.5 hectare) Coquitlam River-side park with a dual nature. There are a number of modern, well-groomed sports fields, and a network of trails through thick, pretty forests along the river. (2300 Reeve Street, just southwest of downtown)

Greenmount Park is a 9.5 hectare bit of dense forest near the top of Wellington St. You can also think of it as the forest on your right after you pass the Oxford Cemetary going up Oxford St.

Hyde Creek Nature Area is a straightforward 2 km of trails through a lovely wooded area that begins at Hyde Creek Centre and continues to the pump house on Cedar Drive, with a side trail to Lincoln Avenue.

Lions Park is a great riverside multi-purpose park just north of downtown (2300 Lions Way). It has a covered picnic shelter, a large playground, a small network of trails along the Coquitlam River, and quite a lot of large deciduous trees. A railway bridge is at the park's corner, making Lions Park an unforgettable sensory experience for children.

McLean Park is a sports field in northside PoCo. Named for the original white settlers, McLean Park has three baseball diamonds, one of which has fairly groovy bleachers. The playground's small but fun. (3155 Wellington Street, just south of Prairie Ave.)

PoCo Trail is the big 17 km innercity hike of Port Coquitlam. Its path winds roughly around the circumference of the city, theading through wooded and developed areas both. It has more than enough natural beauty to justify any praise afforded to it as an adventurous or scenic city walking tour. Well, it doesn't compare with city hikes that thread through bigger cities, perhaps, in terms of its urban offerings. But the trails along the rivers and through the copses of alders, the forests of firs and cedars, makes it a beautiful hike for all. (Poco Trail Map.pdf)

Settlers Park is a product of the development of the Citadel area on Mary Hill. It has weird landscaping, with a pond and some boulders amidst a small, mown, rolling landscape. There is a wooden shelter of sorts. (1250 Confederation Drive)

Skyline Park affords views across the Coquitlam River Valley and Colony Farm. (1305 Eastern Drive)

Thompson Park has three ball fields. It's on the southeast side, just north of Kilmer Park and school. (1842 Morgan Ave.)

Wellington Park is much better known as the Magical Forest, or at least it is where I come from. It was the resident parkland for students of Terry Fox Secondary when that school was on Wellington St. These days, the block of forest is getting a little short on trees and long on garbage and bike jumps. (3655 Wellington St.)

Westwood Park is accessible to most of Port Coquitlam via the footbridge that crosses the Coquitlam River, north of the highway bridge. There are wooded trails along the river, and some tennis courts. (2399 Patricia Ave)

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