| “This park is stunning.” | | “This park is stunning.” | <div class="ExternalClassA7315B43D0504FECA0617805D6270C87"><p>“I’ve only had my dog a few months now. She’s a rescue. She loves this park. She likes to go up to the beach and play on the sand in the dirt, get all dirty. We're here two or three times a week. This park, I mean, it's stunning, right? You've got the water, you can see the mountains, amazing sunrises, sunsets. You can't beat it.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-brae-island-2.jpg, “This park is stunning.”
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| “There’s a lot of nature here.” | | “There’s a lot of nature here.” | <div class="ExternalClass85EB50CAB1D24CF8B9EA525554C938FD"><p>"We live full time in our trailer. We’re going to be here camping here until April. We moved here in the middle of October. This is probably our seventh time here. It’s lovely in the winter. I like the rather large camp spaces. Being very close to Fort Langley is excellent because it's just a 10 minute walk. I enjoy hearing the trains at night. There's a little owl that hoots and there's a lot of other nature here, which is great. There’s birds and there's even deer.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-brae-island-6.jpg, “There’s a lot of nature here.”
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| “I'll be back for sure.” | | “I'll be back for sure.” | <div class="ExternalClass175A62FE1B2445F781AEBC5CEDD771A4"><p>Man on right: “My first time here. I grew up in Surrey. And I moved to Bellingham quite a few years ago, but I love coming up here. I'll be back for sure. We don't have trails like this down south. There's just an abundance of places to ride in this area here. Nice wide trails – it's nice and easy for old timers like us!”</p><p>Man on left: “I come here every nice day I can get here. It's got the river. I do some fishing off the end. The trails are natural. If you had a couple of more trails in here, it would be nice too."<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-brae-island-4.jpg, “I'll be back for sure.”
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| “I just look at the mountains and I feel free.” | | “I just look at the mountains and I feel free.” | <div class="ExternalClass12539B74CB824B998301A585B661A780"><p>“I come here for the majestic mountains, the scenery, the quietness. I come here about once a week. I just look at the outline of the mountains and I feel free. I just think God's done something spectacular here and I'm enjoying it.
The solitude is fabulous. But also I meet interesting people walking along the pathways. It's really interesting and nice potpourri of people.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-brae-island-3.jpg, “I just look at the mountains and I feel free.”
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| “It's close and it has such natural beauty.” | | “It's close and it has such natural beauty.” | <div class="ExternalClass4B6EC4E8B26045DFA529150675F1F947"><p>Mom: “We just got out here for a walk and some photography for my son. We talk about life and stuff as we walk. This is probably one of my more favourite places to come because it's easy to get to. It's close and it has such natural beauty.”</p><p>Son: “I take pictures of landscapes and sceneries. It’s a beautiful park for that. It’s just a nice vibe.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-brae-island-1.jpg, “It's close and it has such natural beauty.”
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| “To be able to feel small and insignificant sometimes is a good thing.” | | “To be able to feel small and insignificant sometimes is a good thing.” | <div class="ExternalClass1F422EEF89C24232B41831811878FBD3"><p>“I work for Langley Environmental Partners Society. But I'm a longtime volunteer with the Derby Reach/Brae Island Parks Association. And I'm also with the Langley Field Naturalists. In this park, I was involved with the purple martin boxes that used to be at Tavistock Point. Seeing the purple martins for the first time out here, that was awesome. We also do invasive species control education. And I’ve been helping build wattle walls here, to help slow the erosion along the river bank. The Fraser River is just so stunning. And to be able to feel small and insignificant sometimes is a good thing. You feel like maybe the changes you're trying to make aren't that big, but it's also okay because there's lots of other people that are also trying to help make changes.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-brae-island-5.jpg, “To be able to feel small and insignificant sometimes is a good thing.”
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