Burke Mountain · Coquitlam · Locals' Guide
The locals call it the Burke Mountain Gun Club. The legal name is the Port Coquitlam & District Hunting and Fishing Club, and it has been at 5000 Upper Harper Road since 1956 — long before Burke Mountain was the neighbourhood you know today. A 9+ year Burke Mountain resident's read on the gate, the hours, the membership process, the sound that carries on still days, and the honest conversation buyers should be having before they sign on a home nearby.
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Burke Mountain · 1956 · The locals' read
The Port Coquitlam & District Hunting and Fishing Club — PCDHFC — sits on the upper slope of Burke Mountain at 5000 Upper Harper Road, next to Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. It was founded in 1956. That predates Coast Meridian's residential build-out by decades. It predates most of the streets your prospective home sits on. The club is not a recent addition to the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is a recent addition to the club's neighbourhood.
This page is what 9+ years of living on Burke Mountain has taught me about the club. The hours that don't appear on Google. The sound that carries on still mornings and disappears in summer foliage. The membership path that everyone hears about second-hand and almost nobody verifies. And the honest conversation buyers should be having — or asking their REALTOR to have — before they fall in love with a back deck that happens to face the wrong direction.
Access · members only since 1956
The first thing newcomers misunderstand about the Burke Mountain Gun Club is the access model. It is not a commercial range. It is not a place where you show up, pay a day fee, and shoot. The PCDHFC has operated as a member-and-guest-only club since 1956. The gate at the property — up Coast Meridian, onto Harper, then Upper Harper — opens for members during operating hours and for their guests under the club's published guest policy. Nobody else.
For Burke Mountain residents curious about joining: it is a real process, not an online checkout. The club requires a valid Canadian firearms licence (PAL or RPAL depending on the disciplines you want to shoot). Archery-only paths exist but are governed by the same membership framework. There are annual dues and, depending on the year, an application or initiation fee. There is also typically a club-specific orientation. The full current-year process is on the club's site — pcdhfc.com/membership — and it is the one source you should trust over second-hand advice from anyone, including me.
The hours that don't appear on Google
Per the club's published schedule: closed Tuesdays. Range doors open 8:30 AM. Last cease-fire 3:20 PM. Last shot 4:00 PM. Office is open 8 AM–4 PM, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Hours shift with holidays, special events, and the seasons — the current operating schedule is maintained at pcdhfc.com/ranges, and it is the authoritative source. Don't rely on a screenshot.
For everything beyond hours and membership — current ranges, disciplines, calendar of events, range rules, and guest policy — the same source applies: pcdhfc.com. Information online about the club from third-party forums and old posts goes stale fast. Go to the source.
A few things worth knowing before you walk in expecting a one-day membership trial: the club is run by volunteers who take the safety standards seriously. The orientation matters. The guest policy matters. The cease-fire times are non-negotiable. Treat it as a community institution rather than a commercial service and the relationship works the way 70 years of locals have made it work.
Sound · what carries and what doesn't
This is the question I get asked most often by buyers tour-shopping for homes on Burke Mountain: “Will I be able to hear the gun club from this back deck?” The honest answer is — it depends on the street, the elevation, the wind direction, the season, and the day. There is no single right answer. There is only the test that works.
The test that works: visit the prospective home on a Saturday between 9 AM and 1 PM. Stand on the back deck. Listen. Then stand on the front porch. Listen again. The sound carries differently depending on terrain, foliage, wind, and humidity — and the only honest measurement is the one you make from the property itself, in season, during operating hours. If five minutes on the back deck doesn't bother you, you have your answer. If it does, you also have your answer. Either way, you decide from real information rather than a brochure.
Streets at higher elevation on the upper slope of Burke Mountain, oriented toward the club’s direction, will hear it on still mornings. Cold-and-clear days carry sound farther than warm-and-humid ones. Tour these homes on a Saturday before you commit.
Mid-elevation streets in Partington Creek, Smiling Creek, and the established Burke pockets typically hear something muffled or nothing at all, depending on wind direction and how much forest sits between you and the club. Variable. Not reliable.
By the time you get down to the Burke Mountain Village level and below, the club is essentially inaudible on a normal day. The trees, the elevation drop, and the urban background noise of the neighbourhood absorb it. Most of my Burke clients are in this zone.
For Burke Mountain buyers
When buyers tour Burke Mountain detached above $1.5M, the conversation usually centres on schools, build quality, the catchment for Leigh Elementary vs Smiling Creek, the deck exposure, and the kitchen finishes. Those matter. They're also the conversation every other agent is having.
The factor non-residents almost never raise — and a surprising number of selling agents quietly avoid — is the gun club. It is not a deal-breaker. It is not a reason to avoid Burke Mountain. It is a thing buyers should know about, hear honestly, evaluate at the property itself, and price into their decision rather than discover three months after closing. Buyers who tour with that information make better decisions. Buyers who learn about it the day they move in — from a neighbour, on a Saturday morning — do not.
When you ask your prospective REALTOR whether they know how the gun club works — whether they know the hours, the membership process, which streets carry the sound — you find out fast whether you are working with someone who has lived the area or just sells it. I have lived it for 9+ years. I will tell you, on the showing, what to listen for, where to stand, and how the noise reads from this specific deck. That is the conversation that turns a listing into a home decision you don't regret. Or, occasionally, a home you walk away from with the equity you would have lost intact.
Frequently asked
No. The PCDHFC has been members-and-guests-only since 1956. There is no drop-in public access, no day-pass, and no commercial range pricing. Membership requires a valid Canadian firearms licence for firearm disciplines, plus the club's own application and orientation process. The current path is at pcdhfc.com/membership.
It varies more than people expect. Wind direction, foliage, humidity, elevation, and how much terrain sits between your home and the club's range all change what reaches your back deck. The honest test is a Saturday-morning tour. Visit during operating hours, stand on the property, and listen. Streets at higher elevation oriented toward the club's direction can hear it clearly on still cold mornings. Mid-elevation streets typically hear it muffled or not at all. Most Burke Mountain Village homes hear nothing on a normal day.
Marginally and inconsistently. Buyers who tour Burke Mountain in spring and summer often miss the club entirely — it isn't part of the listing conversation, the noise carries less in foliage, and the day they tour may simply be a Tuesday when the range is closed. Resale data on Burke Mountain shows the broader factors — lot size, finish quality, school catchment, view, street character — dominate price more than proximity to the club. That said, on individual homes very close to the club at high elevation with direct exposure, the calculus is more careful. Talk to me about your specific shortlist.
The club. By decades. The PCDHFC was founded in 1956 and has operated continuously at the Upper Harper Road site since then. Burke Mountain's residential build-out in its current form is largely a 2000s-and-later phenomenon. From a legal-title and prior-use perspective, the club's existence at this location is well-established — not new, not changing, not realistically restrictable because newer homes have moved closer to it.
Yes, under the club's published guest policy. Guests must be accompanied by a member in good standing and are subject to the same range rules, safety procedures, and orientation requirements that members are. Guest passes are not a workaround for membership — they are part of the normal community structure of the club.
Always from the club's own website, pcdhfc.com/membership, in the current year. Fees, application requirements, and any open or closed enrolment status change. Second-hand quotes from forums and social media are unreliable. The club's site is the only authoritative source.
Rifle and pistol target shooting at varying distances, trap and shotgun disciplines, archery, hunter education, and ongoing training programs including for law-enforcement. The specific range layouts and discipline schedules change with capital projects, maintenance windows, and rule updates. Current configurations are documented at pcdhfc.com/ranges.
The club runs structured programming in conjunction with provincial hunter-education and shooting-sports organisations. Specific youth pathways are governed by membership, age, supervision, and licensing requirements set by both the club and provincial regulations. The club's own current programming is at pcdhfc.com — do not rely on outdated forum threads.
“Worried” is the wrong frame. “Informed” is the right one. Tour the prospective home on a Saturday between 9 AM and 1 PM. Stand on the back deck for five minutes. Listen. That five minutes will tell you more than every Google search you do, every forum post you read, and every second-hand opinion someone offers. Some homes will fail that test for you. Most homes I sell on Burke Mountain pass it without anyone thinking twice.
The Port Coquitlam & District Hunting and Fishing Club, abbreviated PCDHFC. The colloquial name reflects the site's location on Burke Mountain. The official name reflects the club's 1956 founding base in Port Coquitlam, before the Burke Mountain neighbourhood was developed in its current form. Both names refer to the same organisation.
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Craig Johnston has lived on Burke Mountain for 9+ years. The streets where the club is audible and the streets where it isn't — he can walk them with you, on a Saturday morning, and tell you what you're hearing. The kind of REALTOR knowledge that doesn't appear in an MLS listing or a YouTube neighbourhood tour. The reason buyers who do their research end up working with someone who lives the place rather than someone who only sells it.
