Cities: Abbotsford
Attractions
Abbotsford International Airshow
Abbotsford Airport (Second weekend of August)
(604) 852-8511
Abbotsford International Airshow is one of the leading Airshows in North America. It attracts the world's top aeronautical performers with spectacular air demonstrations of squadrons performing dramatic aerobatic feats, daring skydivers, and soloists.
Abbotsford Exhibition Park
32470 Haida Drive
(604) 859-3134
Ag-Rec Building, Air Cadets Building, Agrifair, Arena, Playing Fields, Rotary Stadium, Ball Diamonds, Show Barn, Twisters Gymnastics Club.
Aldergrove Lake Park
West on Hwy 1, off at 264 Street Exit, follow Hwy 13 south, left on 8th Avenue (at Park directional signs), across Jackman Road, then shortly right into the park.
Open forest with varied wildflowers and a view to the International Boundary. Hiking trail offers a round trip of 4 km - allow 1.5 hours walking/hiking, also ideal for horseback riding.
Barrowtown Pump Station
10 miles East of Abbotsford (off Highway #1)
(604) 823-4678
Originally built in 1920 (then the "Old Sumas" station), and used since 1923 to drain 21,000 acres land. The new Barrowtown Pump Station opened in 1985. Picnic area & tours.
Clayburn Village
Off Mission Highway north, turn right on Clayburn Road
Situated on the west side of Sumas Mountain, Clayburn Village is a sheltered little village with several historical brick buildings: a heritage church, school, and the old brick plant.
Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery Visitor Centre
34345 Vye Road, Abbotsford.
Journey through large exhibit space featuring fish, fishing and fisheries displays, live stream display.
Matsqui Dike Trail
South side of the Fraser River, off Abbotsford-Mission Hwy 11, left on Harris Road and right on Gladwin Road. for a few hundred metres. Also accessible by Riverside Street through Matsqui Village.
Parking at the end of the river dyke. A picturesque trail on a flat dike along the Fraser River offers a beautiful view of Matsqui Island, Westminster Abbey and coastal mountains. The tail has a round trip distance of 12.8 km, and is ideal for horseback riding.
Mill Lake & Centennial Park
Mill Lake Road & Emerson Street
Picnic area, nature trails, outdoor swimming pool, playground equipment, fitness track, open to canoes, small rowboats, trout fishing, wildfowl refuge. Within walking distance of major shopping centers, MSA Museum & Trethewey House
MSA Museum, Trethewey House, Heritage Gallery & Archives
2313 Ware Street, Abbotsford
(Located on Mill Lake, next to John Mahoney Park and near the boardwalk. Parking is available in the Museum lot, just off Alta Avenue)
(604) 853-0313, Email: mail@MSA.Museum.bc.ca.
Heritage Gallery features exhibits on local and surrounding areas. Trethewey House is a designated heritage site, restored to 1925 era with period rooms. The Abbotsford Lumber Company Collection records the mill's impact , the Clayburn Company Collection includes artifacts of one of B.C.'s first company towns, and the Sumas Collection records agricultural development that followed the reclamation of Sumas Lake in 1924. Gift Shop. School/Group Tours, slide shows and demonstrations by appointment. Handicapped accessible. Open: September to June: Tuesday through Friday, 1pm to 5pm; July and August: Monday through Wednesday, 1pm to 5pm, Thursday through Sunday, 11am to 5pm.
Sumas Mountain Park
East of Abbotsford 5.6 km., left on Sumas Mountain Road, past Kilgard and uphill for 8 km. Right at Batt Road with switchback for another 8 km.
Wilderness park around Chadsey Lake, with spectacular 5 km forest hiking trails (good for horseback riding) with viewpoint of Sumas Prairie & Vedder Mountain. Climbs to high point 900 m (2,950 ft); allow three hours. Open July to October. Shorter trail descends from parking lot through stately forest to Chadsey Lake.
Monkey Mountain
#3, 34100 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford
(604) 886-2917
Indoor rock climbing gym - 9000 sq ft of Western Canada's newest climbing surface.
Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery Visitor Centre
34345 Vye Road
(604) 852-5444
Large exhibits featuring fish, fishing and fisheries, with a live stream display, walk-in beaver lodge and 12 minute multi-projector slide show. Self-guided tours, minutes from downtown. Summer hours: 10 am to 5pm. Winter hours: 10 am - 3pm.
Xa:Ytem
Highway #11 north from Abbotsford, to Scenic 7 to Mission's eastern border.
Longhouse Interpretive Centre for first nations culture.
Farms with Tours
Birchwood Dairy's Inc.
1154 Fadden Road
RR# 2 Abbotsford, BC
(604) 857-1315
Picnic tables, pet the cows, self-guided tours, enjoy farm-fresh milk, old-fashioned ice-cream and frozen yogurt, feta cheese
Lavender Farms:
240 McKenzie Road,
RR#2 Abbotsford, BC
(604) 864-9064
Holstein dairy farm. Call for tours.
Northblu Fruit co. Inc.
34488 Bateman Road, Clayburn
(604): 850-0994
Blueberries, enjoy picnic, cranberry farm production. Call in advance for U-pick. Open daily July and August
Thorncrest Apple Barn
33 Gladwin Road
Abbotsford
Phone: 853-3108
Gooseberries (U-pick or they pick), red & black currants, jams and variety of apples, petting barn, hay rides, pumpkins, and a nursery are available. School tours and Appplefest. By appointment daily, July through September.
Willowview Farms:
288 McCallum Road
Abbotsford
Phone 854-8710
Blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, saskatoons, and red rhubarb. Country store from September for applies, October (Saturday's) Pumpkin Daze. Petting zoo, hayride. Group and school tours available in fall only. Open July, September through April, Monday to Saturday 9:00 - 5:30.
Here are the other Fraser Valley communities:
[ Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge | Mission | Harrison - Aggazis
Langley-Aldergove | Abbotsford-Matsqui |
Chilliwack | Hope ]
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