| “It’s a relax area.” | | “It’s a relax area.” | <div class="ExternalClassBBBC8C5492374BFCB3F829D4463A7D60"><p>“We're both from Syria. I have been in Canada 2 years, 4 months. No English before. Because I live here close to this park, usually 4 times a week we come here with my family, with his family, do barbeque, fishing. Beautiful park."</p><p>“Syrian people in Canada, all the time cry. Because they remember their family. Right now, in Syria some people don't have food, don't have money. That's why I come here for fishing in this area: relax, to forget. It's a relax area."<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-derby-reach-2.jpg, “It’s a relax area.”
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| “You can’t ask for more.” | | “You can’t ask for more.” | <div class="ExternalClass5582CACAF1E544F0BFC0CF4B0B1A4396"><p>“In the dog [off-leash area] here, you have places where you can sit and let the dogs just roam around with other dogs, play and have a lot of fun. They love it here. We come every day around this time. It’s got a lot of shade, a lot of tables you can sit at. You can’t ask for more.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-derby-reach-3.jpg, “You can’t ask for more.”
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| “We’ve camped here quite a bit.” | | “We’ve camped here quite a bit.” | <div class="ExternalClass2B808D62AD004B1B82395FF5A342A007"><p>“Over the years we’ve camped here quite a bit. Woodworking is my hobby. I do all the cutouts at home and then do the finishing off here. Some people would say to me, ‘You’re not relaxing’, but I am. </p><p>We like being by the river. It’s a really neat spot in that you’re close to everything but you’re far away from the same things. That sounds kind of funny, but you are.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-derby-reach-4.jpg, “We’ve camped here quite a bit.”
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| “It’s so quiet and peaceful.” | | “It’s so quiet and peaceful.” | <div class="ExternalClass782BED37C6C94217BC5EC3D261341C45"><p>“We’ve been coming here for 40 plus years. They do a great job of running it here. It’s really organized, nice and clean. We love it here. It’s so quiet and peaceful and there’s always something happening on the river. We raised our kids in this area. We notice that so much has changed recently except for one thing – the serenity of this park.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-derby-reach-5.jpg, “It’s so quiet and peaceful.”
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| “It’s too hot to cook tonight so we’re picnicking.” | | “It’s too hot to cook tonight so we’re picnicking.” | <div class="ExternalClassECBACD0C6C0D4C178F37D0D1C0CD3662"><p>“We all live in the same area near Walnut Grove. Not far. It’s too hot to cook tonight, indoors anyway, so we’re picnicking. This park is convenient. It’s so close by. Tons of tables if you need them and a nice view of the river.”</p><p>“The boys like it. You don’t have to find things for them to do here. They can just go off. It’s a nice big area for them but we can still see them.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-derby-reach-6.jpg, “It’s too hot to cook tonight so we’re picnicking.”
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| “I work with the heritage orchard and take people on tours through the bog.” | | “I work with the heritage orchard and take people on tours through the bog.” | <div class="ExternalClassE25301D8D4164A4A863B0C4D038FE8DD"><p>“I’ve been coming around this neck of the woods since 1975. I saw it turn into a park. Then I got involved with Derby Reach/Brae Island Parks Association about 14 years ago. I work with the heritage orchard and take people on tours through the bog. We so desperately need these big open areas. It’s where you can decompress. If you’re tired of living in a townhouse or apartment in the city, you can come here and spread your arms out.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-derby-reach-1.jpg, “I work with the heritage orchard and take people on tours through the bog.”
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