Overview - Horseshoe Bay to Brookmere via the Fraser Valley For Route Map

Binding together communities with ribbons of railways, highways, and now trailways keep a nation intact in at least three ways.

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While the Trans Canada Trail is basically in place, planners across the Southwest Region are still either implementing trail plans or are working on implementation proposals. The communities along the way are continuing to feverishly collaborate in a variety of ways to ensure the Trail's continuity or integrity and to participate in this inspiring project. As time goes on, the Southwest communities increasingly find ways to add interest to the Trans Canada Trail by adding or enhancing features and to enrich the discovery process through interpretive programs.

The Southwest Region has much to offer to the Trans Canada Trail enthusiast in its 400-kilometre section. Features of the Trail include the Seaview walk out of Horseshoe Bay, a forest trail on the North Shore Mountains to the Cleveland Dam, the Capilano Regional Park, Mosquito Creek to the SeaBus, Coal Harbour, Lost Lagoon, English Bay, South False Creek, Chinatown, Burrard View Park, New Brighton Park, the parks along the Burnaby Burrard Inlet Escarpment, Burnaby Mountain Park, Moody Inlet, Rocky Point, Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam River Park, the PoCo Trail along Hyde Creek, the Pitt River and North Alouette River dikes, Kanaka Creek Park, Fort Langley, Glen Valley Park, the Matsqui Trail, Sumas Mountain, the Sumas River,  the Vedder Canal to the Chilliwack River Valley, Cultus Lake, the Chilliwack River and Lake, the Silverhope River Valley to Hope, and the Othello Tunnels. From here, a splendid trail via the Coquihalla Summit meets the trail user on the Kettle Valley Railroad corridor taking in the Coquihalla and Coldwater Rivers.

The Trans Canada Trail in the Southwest Region offers a myriad of connections to other important parks. It provides easy connections to Regional Parks such as Lynn Headwaters via the Baden Powell Trail, Pacific Spirit, Belcarra, Minnekhada, Colony Farm, and Derby Reach. As well, there is easy access to Provincial Parks such as Cypress, Golden Ears, Cultus, International Ridge and Manning parks. For the hardy and adventurous hikers, alternatives from the TCT are offered along the way to take advantage of the high country and alpine meadows.

The experiences offered along the Southwest Region is remarkably rich. Natural sea shores, salmon bearing streams and hatcheries, working forests and rivers, first and second growth forests, rain and alpine forests, marshland and polders, farmland, meadows, bird sanctuaries, cultural and heritage opportunities, spectacular vistas, mountains, valleys, and waterways are some of these unforgettable experiences.