Burns Bog

Did you know?

The largest undeveloped urban landmass in North America!

One of a small number of Sandhill Crane nesting sites in the Lower Mainland.

Burns Bog is protected, and managed as a natural ecosystem.

Burns Bog Faces a Range of Challenges

Resulting from many decades of peat extraction, drainage, filling, conversion to agriculture, and adjacent urban and industrial uses.

Burns Bog is globally unique on the basis of its form, flora, chemistry and large size.

Using the best science of the day to manage the bog ecosystem.

You can enjoy a wide range of landscapes during a leisurely stroll along the boardwalk.

Teaching resource designed for the Grade 7 science curriculum and includes field trip activities for the Delta Nature Reserve.