Tri-Cities Parks
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.
Verified facts · Tri-Cities Parks
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.
A 50-year Coquitlam resident and licensed REALTOR® at The MACNABS, Royal LePage Elite West. The local context that makes the numbers make sense.