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The City of Surrey is home to many events throughout the year, including (clockwise from bottom right) the Vaisakhi parade, Robbie Burns Day at SFU, the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair, and the International Children’s Festival. The city’s green spaces also support a variety of wildlife. FILE PHOTOS

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The Boothroyd House Wired Monk is not your average coffee shop. The store is situated in a restored 1873 heritage house and is also licensed. BOAZ JOSEPH

‘New to you’ gems of Surrey Check out theses unique restaurants, gardens and walkways

by Lauren Collins For those who have lived in Surrey for years, finding new things to do can sometimes be a challenge.

Longtime residents tend to look outside their city without realizing there are many cool spots right under their noses.

But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered – whether it’s for

your next coffee or dinner, walk in the park, or shopping trip.

Check out these treasures: 1. Boothroyd House Wired Monk Tucked away behind trees and a fence is the Boothroyd Heritage Home (16811 60 Ave.) built in 1873 and restored in 2007 to become part of Wired Monk Coffee Bistros.

Although Wired Monk is a

coffee chain, the patio, porch, living room with a fireplace and the foyer of the heritage home have the atmosphere of a oneof-a-kind coffee house.

While also serving hot and cold drinks, this location is licensed.

2. Art Knapp Plantland Most people head to Art Knapp Plantland (4391 King George Blvd.) to buy items for

their gardens and backyards or even to shop for home décor, but in the past few years, the location has also started selling women’s clothes and accessories.

With brands such as Vero Moda, Only and Mat Natt, this aspect of the store has quickly become one of the fastestgrowing sections.

3. The Glades The Glades (561 172 St.) is located near the Canada-U.S. border near the Peace Arch border crossing. continued on page 7

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from page 6 The five-acre garden was purchased in 1956 by Lydia and Murray Stephan in hopes of recreating the rhododendron gardens Murray remembered from his youth in Scotland.

After Murray passed away, the garden fell into decline until 1994, when Jim and Elfreide DeWolf began their restoration. In 2002, the DeWolfs donated The Glades to the City of Surrey.

Inside the garden are more than 1,600 mature rhododendrons (some of which are over six metres tall), azaleas and companion plants.

4. Old Surrey Restaurant Nestled between Enterprise Rent-aCar and railway tracks is the Old Surrey Restaurant (13483 72 Ave.).

Founded in 1975 by Valentine Aguierre, a native of Spain, the restaurant is a white house with green gables located in the heart of Newton.

The house was built in 1918 when Lew Jack, a pioneer, built the home on the site of an old logging camp for his growing family.

Guests can now have dinner in the library and living room of the restored home, while looking at pictures of historic Surrey throughout their meal.

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The bridge connects the Pioneer Greenway on 148 Street and Winter Crescent to a neighbourhood park on the west side to 35 Avenue on the east side.

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The Nature Trail Walk at Serpentine Wildlife Management area is a 3.5-kilometre loop that features a few lookout points along the way. The fen is home to more than 130 different species of birds. BOAZ JOSEPH

Recreation: Six top picks Surrey’s myriad beaches and parks leave no excuse to stay bored at home

by Lauren Collins Part of living in the suburbs often means the opportunity to enjoy unique recreational activities, and Surrey is no exception.

With the city’s parks and beaches, residents should never find themselves bored in their homes.

1. Fishing in Green Timbers Green Timbers Lake (14600-block of 100 Avenue) in Green Timbers Urban Forest is open for year-round fishing for rainbow trout.

Every spring and summer, there is a Learn to Fish program offered through the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C., teaching people about fish habitat and conservation and how to catch fish.

Equipment is provided through the Surrey Nature

Centre as part of the free Fishing Rod Loan program. However, a fishing licence is required if you are over the age of 16.

2. 1,001 Steps at Crescent Beach Although 1,001 Steps is just a name (there’s actually less than 500 steps), many people climb up and down the steps enough times with personal trainers, friends or by themselves that the steps live up to their name.

The steps, now called Christopherson Steps, can be reached heading south along the beach or at the westernmost part of 15A Avenue.

3. Nature Trail Walk Just off of King George Boulevard is the Nature Trail Walk at Serpentine Wildlife Management Area (4600-block of King George Boulevard).

It’s a triangle of land between

Highway 99, King George Boulevard and the Serpentine River.

The Nature Trail Walk is about 3.5 kilometres around with a few lookout points along the way. In the 150-hectare fen, there are many different types of habitats, as well as more than 130 different species of birds.

While walking along the dyke, keep your eyes open because harbour seals have been known to swim up the channel from Boundary Bay. 4. Barnston Island For avid and casual cyclists alike, Barnston Island is perfect for a day of cycling.

After parking your car on the mainland (at the most eastern end of 104 Avenue) and taking a fiveminute ferry from Port Kells to the island, there is a mostly deserted road that runs close to 10 kms.

At the northwestern point of the island is Roberts Point which is a good area for picnics. However, the island has no public washrooms or any other amenities.

5. David Dreves Kayaking Offering sea kayak, canoe and stand-up paddle board programs, David Dreves Kayaking has been operating in the Crescent Beach area for more than a decade.

The company offers a sunset tour which starts at Elgin Heritage Park and goes to Blackie Spit, allowing for a perfect view of the sun setting over the water.

6. Beach Volleyball The best place for beach volleyball is at Crescent Beach at the end of Sullivan Street.

The volleyball court is sought after from mid-spring to midfall.

Nearby is the beach when you get too warm and need to take a dip in the water, and Sullivan point, which has grassy areas great for a blanket and a picnic.

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Lunch in the sun and the art of shopping A meal on the greens and then one-of-akind items at the Surrey Arts Centre

by Evan Seal The patio at Northview Golf and Country Club is a favourite spot for Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation President and CEO Jane Adams.

“It has to be a smoking hot, hot summer day, with clear skies,” said Adams, “but I can’t think of a better place to relax and enjoy a meal, with the incredible views of the golf course and the North Shore Mountains and the Valley.”

With a daughter who plays competitive soccer, Adams also says the facilities and views around South Surrey Athletic Park are hard to beat while enjoying watching your children play sports.

And to find a unique and special gift for someone, she recommends the shop at the Surrey Art Gallery.

“I really love the little gift shop at the Surrey Arts Centre,” she said. “They have special one-of-a-kind items you can’t get anywhere else. They have unique

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Drawn to Surrey’s natural beauty Creative couple finds inspiration in sunsets and the autumn leaves

by Sheila Reynolds For longtime Surrey glass blower Robert Gary Parkes and his wife Jeanette, it’s the natural sights of Surrey they most appreciate.

Take for example the beautiful row of sugar maples along 188 Street between 80 and 86 Avenues – the colour change in fall is spectacular, they say.

They rival the brilliant sunsets, which are often worth pulling over for, that can be seen from the same stretch of road, or the view coming down the small hill on 184 Street (near 75 Avenue) north of Clayton Elementary school.

“I don’t know how to explain it – something about the way the sun casts its low glow along the fields – it is simply a treat to be driving there around dusk,” Jeanette says.

Over the years, the creative couple has also enjoyed Port Kells Park (19340 88 Ave.), where they brought their kids to swim and now catch up with the locals.

And they “love, love, love” walking the trails in Tynehead Park (17200 96 Ave.) For a night out, the Parkes head to their favourite restaurant, Zythos Greek Mediterranean Grill (96 Avenue and 198 Street) and enjoy the to-die-for greek salad dressing in Port Kells.

Robert Gary Parkes and his wife Jeanette.

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Geocache fan: On the hunt for hidden treasures A Surrey Mountie puts his investigative skills to use – even when he’s off duty

by Kevin Diakiw With 14 years under his belt as an RCMP officer, Cpl. Scotty Schumann has a host of local spots where he likes to decompress while off duty.

Schumann, the new media relations officer for the Surrey RCMP, spends a good deal of time on his motorcycle.

But he also likes to get out to local dog parks with his two dogs, Ryker, a threeyear-old male border collie, and a sevenyear-old Australian shepherd named Boo. He has a few favourite spots, but really enjoys going to Dogwood Park on 20 Avenue near 135 Street, a park in Newton, and Boundary Bay. He also enjoys spending time with his daughter at Unicorn Stables (5095 125A St.) in Surrey.

There, he watches her ride and helps with some of the horse grooming.

But Schumann really gets fired up about one of Surrey’s hidden treasures – geocaching.

Geocaching is a global hunt that’s played using GPS-enabled smartphones.

Participants navigate their way to a set Surrey RCMP Cpl. of coordinates and then search Scotty Schumann for a “cache” – hidden containers filled with trinkets.

“I find a few here and there,” Schumann said. “I’m up to about 450 finds.”

Surrey is extremely rich in hidden treasure.

“Being the City of Parks, I’m going to tell you there’s thousands of geocaches

Nadia Chan, natural areas coordinator for the City of Surrey, checks her smartphone for coordinates for a hidden geocache. There are thousands of geocaches in the city. FILE PHOTO

in this city. Every single park is littered with them. It’s amazing,” Schumann says.

In fact, there are more than two million active geocaches and more than six million geocachers worldwide, including a group in the Surrey area.

Nadia Chan, the natural areas coordinator for the City of Surrey, says

geocachers must contact the city’s parks division prior to placing a geocache in a park.

This is to protect both the green space and the safety of participants.

Anyone who wants to know more about geocaching can visit https://www. geocaching.com/play

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by Lauren Collins 1. Holy Smoke Coffee “If we’re smoking, we’re open,� is Al Nemeth’s slogan for his coffee house – or tepee, really.

If you’ve ever driven down King George Boulevard near 34 Avenue, chances are you’ve seen the tepee on the side of the road.

Nemeth serves fresh-roasted organic coffee by the cup and also in old-fashioned mason jars that people can bring back to have refilled.

2. Chopsticks on Pho Steven and Lynn Le opened Chopsticks on Pho (15325 56 Ave.) in 2012 after years of wanting to run their own restaurant.

In the beginning, Lynn worked in the kitchen while Steven greeted the guests in the front, which gave the restaurant a warm ambience.

Lynn makes a point of remembering the names of the regulars.

3. The Country Cafe The Country CafĂŠ (3033 King George Blvd.) is situated in the middle of a business park, but over the years the cafĂŠ has garnered plenty of

loyal customers.

Rosie Mitchell, the cook, says the regulars live right in the neighbourhood. They’re the restaurant’s next-door neighbours.

Mitchell was the third owner of the Country CafĂŠ from 2002 to 2011, until she sold it to Kirsten Malon, but you can still be sure to find Mitchell in the kitchen.

The Country CafĂŠ or as it’s fondly called, “Rosie’s,â€? is busiest Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for it’s all-day breakfasts.

4. Whalley Printers Ltd. Family-owned by Marian and Pete Nichols since 1983, Whalley Printers Ltd. is an active supporter in the community. Pete said to be a corporate citizen, you have to be a part of the community, which means investing time and money, and he is happy to do so.

Some customers who moved out of Surrey into other parts of Metro Vancouver continue to come back to Whalley Printers because of the service.

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Ten top picks for tourists History, horrible fun and hot cuisine are easy to find

by Lauren Collins 1. Potters The Potters House of Horrors (12530 72 Ave.) runs from midOctober through to Oct. 31. The haunted house is one of the toprated in the Lower Mainland.

Some themes have included Zombie Town, Clown Central and The Sewer of the Damned.

Meanwhile, the Surrey/Langley Potters (19158 48 Ave.) location is converted into the largest Christmas store in Western Canada.

For nine weeks of the year, the

28,000-sq.ft. store is covered from floor to ceiling in Christmas décor.

2. Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair In 1888, the first fair was held at the original Surrey Municipal Hall. The Rodeo and Country Fair was moved to its current location (6050 176 St.) in 1938.

The Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition is the second-largest community rodeo in Canada.

3. My Shanti Vikram Vij is a well-known restaurateur in the Lower Mainland, attracting critical

acclaim over the years. In 2014, Vij opened up My Shanti (15869 Croydon Dr.) in Morgan Crossing.

On the restaurant’s website, Vij says My Shanti “is a homage to the diversity and richness of Indian cuisine.”

4. Fusion Festival For two days in July, Holland Park (13428 Old Yale Road) is filled with cultural diversity during the Fusion Festival.

The festival is meant to celebrate the cultural diversity of Surrey, which includes cultural pavilions such as China,

Jamaica, Morocco and many more.

5. Peace Arch Provincial Park This provincial park is located on the 49th Parallel at the Peace Arch border crossing and there are nine hectares of park on the Canadian side.

There is space for walking, picnics, a playground for children and a great view of the ocean.

6. BC Vintage Truck Museum The BC Vintage Truck Museum (6022 176 St.) is located on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds continued on page 7

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and is open to the public on Saturdays by donation.

The collection includes trucks such as a 1935 Dodge Airflow, 1936 Indiana, 1937 Mack and a 1946 Chevrolet Maple Leaf.

7. Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society In a round-trip from Cloverdale to Sullivan Station, the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society Interurban Car 1225 takes you on a trip through historic Surrey.

People began settling along the route from downtown Vancouver to Chilliwack, turning them into the town centres familiar today such as Whalley, Newton and Cloverdale.

8. Surrey Night Market The Surrey Night Market (17726 62 Ave.) is the only multicultural night market in the Fraser Valley.

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market’s vendors come from Main Street in Vancouver.

Attendees have the opportunity to sample foods and goods while enjoying live performances.

9. Bose Family Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch For more than a decade, the Bose Family Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch (64 Avenue and 156 Street) has been in full swing.

The maze is divided into two parts with numbered posts and trivia questions. If you guess correctly, you’ll be headed in the right direction.

If not, you may just get stuck in the maze.

10. Surrey’s UrbanScreen Surrey’s UrbanScreen is located at the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre (13458 107 Ave.) is Canada’s largest noncommercial outdoor urban screen.

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Access to the ferry that shuttles vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians is at the eastern end of 104 Avenue. The 47,000-squarekilometre island is made up of Agricultural Land Reserve and Katzie First Nation land. LAUREN COLLINS

Rural respite a ferry ride away Barnston Island, home to less than 150 people, is a popular spot for a quick get-away

by Lauren Collins In Port Kells, at the very end of 104 Avenue, there is a little-known ferry that takes you from the mainland to a small island made up of 47,000 square kilometres of Agricultural Land Reserve and Katzie First Nation land.

The ferry, which is actually just a barge and a tugboat, is about a five-minute ride across the Parsons Channel on the south side of the Fraser River.

The ferry runs Monday to Thursday from 6:15 a.m. to 11:55

p.m. and Friday to Sunday from 6:15 a.m. to 12:55 a.m. Both schedules run on demand, but the ferry can only take five cars, or 52 passengers, at a time.

While Barnston Island is home to less than 150 people (the population has fluctuated over the years), the ferry and its captain Rob Petrunia, who lived on the island for 23 years, are constantly busy taking people to and from the rural island.

“It’s kind of overwhelming for a ferry that’s not that big,” Petrunia said.

He adds that there are some days when he needs to take cars off of the ferry to make room for the large number of cyclists.

Barnston Island is ranked number 10 on Let’s Go Biking: Easy Rides near Metro Vancouver.

Angela Morgan and her husband Andrew heard about the popular cycling spot on the Internet. The Morgans grew up in Surrey, but now live in Langley.

“Oh my God, we lived in Surrey our whole lives and we’ve just never come, ” Angela said.

The bike ride is about 10 kms

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At the northwest end of the island is a small park, Roberts Point, which is good for lunches and picnics. From the north side of the island you can see Pitt Meadows.

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While Le finds the island calm, For other visitors to Barnston, 52-year island resident James it’s not the allure of cycling but the Milligan said there’s too many peacefulness of it all. people visiting the island these Paula Le lives two minutes days. away from the ferry on the Milligan was born on the island, and his family has resided there since 1949. He said that cyclists started coming to Barnston Island about 30 years ago.

He said some weekends see up to 500 or 600 people travelling to the island. He adds that when it becomes that busy, residents usually don’t leave the island after noon until seven in the evening.

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JULY 2015 • The Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship takes place July 3-13 at Softball City, Sunnyside Park and Cloverdale Athletic Park. Watch the top women’s teams from around the world. For details, visit www.canadianopenfastpitch.com/ • Surrey Soireé, a fundraiser for Surrey Libraries, takes place July 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. at City Centre plaza (10350 University Dr.), with music by Denzal Sinclaire, as well as Brandenburg Strings, Agent C and Top Secret. Tickets are $150, available by calling 604-501-5566 or online at www. surreysoiree.ca/ • Surrey is hosting multicultural fairs and markets on July 12. The first is at Francis Park in Fleetwood (15951 83 Ave.) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The

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For more information, contact the Baobab and Latinos in Action Society at 604-5932448 or info@ latinsummerfest. com

Saturday: Ice Age Adventure on July 18 from 1-4 p.m. Imagine a Surrey covered in ice and snow as they cool things down with glacial games and chilly crafts.

Pay a visit to the LEGO: a Fraser Valley Odyssey exhibit to explore the area from the Ice Ages to the far future. This is a drop-in event, by donation. For more information, call 604-5926956.

• Surrey’s annual Fusion Festival, a celebration of The Surrey Museum music, food and culture, takes • Would place July 18 and you have made it as a pioneer?

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NOVEMBER 2015 • Fifth-annual Fleetwood Diwali Celebration, hosted by Surrey Libraries, will take place Nov. 7 from 1-3 p.m. at the Fleetwood Community Centre, 15996 84 Ave. Entertainment, activities, food, beverages, prizes and more.

Free. For more information, contact Melanie Boyle at 604-598-7354 or mboyle@surrey.ca • Surrey remembers on November 11:

Remembrance Day events take place throughout Surrey and Delta on Nov. 11.

The Whalley Legion, Branch 229, 13525 106 Ave: The legion pipe band will march in at 10:20 a.m., with formal services at ending after 11 a.m.

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• The 35th-annual Terry Fox Run takes place Sept. 20. Local fundraising runs will be at the Cloverdale Legion, Fraser Heights Village, Bear Creek Park and South Surrey Athletic Park. For details, visit www. terryfoxrun.org • Historic Stewart Farm (13723 Crescent Rd.) is hosting its annual Olde Harvest Fair on Sept. 19 from 12-3 p.m. Tour the Farm’s heritage orchard to learn about historic apples.

Master Gardener Roger Phillips will share inforation on mason bees and rare heritage vegetables and herbs growing in the farm’s heirloom gardens. Enjoy live music and take part in traditional harvest festival games and activities, including potato sack races and “Scarecrow Relay” for prizes and bragging rights. For more information, call 604-5926956.

Potters House of Horrors hosts Halloween thrills throughout October. FILE PHOTO from page 13 entertainment, animal agility and safety demonstrations and a complimentary pancake breakfast. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the one-hour/3K walk takes place at 12 noon.

OCTOBER 2015 • Do you like being afraid? Try Potters House of Horrors, when the store at 12530 72 Ave. is transformed into a scary maze of nightmarish proportions. Visit www. pottershouseofhorrors.com • The 23rd-annual Surrey Writers’ Conference takes place Oct. 23-25 at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, 15269

The Cloverdale Cenotaph, next to the Surrey Museum, 17710 56A Ave. Family activities are from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Surrey Museum Ceremonies begin at 10:15 a.m. with two minutes of silence at 11 a.m.

After the ceremony, there will be refreshments and entertainment at the Cloverdale Legion Branch 6, 17567 57 Ave. Admission by donation.

Crescent Beach Legion Branch 240, 2643 128 St.: Services begin at 10:30 a.m.

Port Kells Community Hall, 18918 88 Ave. Services begin at 10:30 a.m.

DECEMBER 2015 • Celebrate an Old-fashioned Christmas at the Stewart Farm’s Christmas Open House on Dec. 12 from 12-4 p.m. Tour the 1894 farmhouse, sing along with classic carols played on the piano, indulge in sweet Victorian treats baked in the wood stove, and craft oldtime Christmas décor for your tree. For more information, call 604-592-6956.

• The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival will take place at Surrey City Hall. Join mayor and council along with Frosty and Santa as they flip the switch to light the city’s official

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FEBRUARY 2016 •The Surrey School district presents the Envision Jazz Festival at the Bell Performing Arts Centre (6250 144 St.) and the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, (15269 104 Ave.) The event combines daytime concerts by 2,500 secondary student musicians with evening performances by jazz professionals. For details, visit www.envisionjazzfestival.sd36. bc.ca

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• The Surrey Children’s Festival takes place this month at Bear Creek Park. For details, visit http://surrey.ca/childrensfestival

• Surrey’s annual Party for the Planet takes place at City Hall The event celebrates Earth Day with fun activities, live music, exhibits and more. Date to be announced.

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JANUARY 2016 • Polar Bear Swims take place on Jan. 1 at Crescent Beach and White Rock Beach (West Beach).

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JULY 2016 • Surrey’s Canada Day celebration takes place July 1 at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre (formerlynamed Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre), at 64 Avenue and 176 Street. There will be music and entertainment throughout the day. Gates open at 10 a.m., with a fireworks show planned for 10:15 p.m.

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