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Pinecone Burke Provincial Park covers 38,000 hectares from the southwest corner of Garibaldi Park to west of Pitt Lake — including Burke Mountain itself. Established by the Province on May 18, 1995. Mostly unserviced wilderness, accessed via old logging roads on Burke Mountain.
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Pinecone Burke Provincial Park covers 38,000 hectares from the southwest corner of Garibaldi Park to west of Pitt Lake — including Burke Mountain itself. Established by the Province on May 18, 1995. Mostly unserviced wilderness, accessed via old logging roads on Burke Mountain. Craig Johnston, Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident, can walk you through the local context. Free Strategy Call ends with a written one-page plan in 24 hours.
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Size
~38,000 hectares
Established
May 18, 1995 by the BC provincial government
Location
North of Coquitlam; covers Burke Mountain massif and Pinecone Lake area
Managed by
BC Parks
Difficulty
Hard — mostly unserviced wilderness
Access
Old logging-road network on Burke Mountain; Widgeon Slough canoe route to Widgeon Lake hiking
Pre-park use
1920s logging by Canadian Robert Dollar Company
Conservation campaign
Friends of Burke Mountain, Burke Mountain Naturalists, Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Tri-Cities Parks · Real estate connection
Burke Mountain residential lots back onto Pinecone-Burke trails. Living in upper-Burke developments (Partington Creek, Highland, the trail-edge pockets) means a 38,000-hectare wilderness park starts at your back yard. This is the single biggest reason families pay the Burke Mountain premium.
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