Island 22 Equestrian Park in Chilliwack BC A Bit of History... Celebrating 35 Years of

Thirty seven years ago, in 1985, a vision was conceived by local Mt. Cheam pony club parents who realized that their children needed a safe equestrian park to ride at. They approached the Horse Council BC with the idea, and they approached the City of Chilliwack, and at the time the Chilliwack Horse Council, for a potential plan to create such an equestrian park.

The current site on Cartmell Road was offered, an 88 acre gravel pit overgrown in blackberries and cottonwood trees. The society saw potential and went to work on getting grants to help put this project together. It took 2 years to design the park setting and construct over 100 permanent cross country fences from pre-training to preliminary. Shrubs from Minter Gardens were brought in and were paired up with each jump.

There were 80 paddocks built at the very far west end of the park, but that land has now since eroded away and 140 paddocks were rebuilt up at the front entrance of the park. The original big arena was hog fuel and has since been upgraded to crusher dust as well as two more arenas put in. We have seen a second water complex built as well as our own show office.

A lot has happened over the past 30 years when the first event started in 1988 with pre-training to Prelim. Now we offer starter to entry level cross country jumps as well at the park.

Island 22 Equestrian Park is used all year round for riders to enjoy, as well as clubs to hold lessons, clinics, jumper derbies and more. With a bike park, dog park and boat launch (famous sturgeon fishing), this park can be enjoyed by the whole family.

We are very excited to be hosting and celebrating our 35th anniversary of running the famous Island 22 three day eventing Horse Trials and BC Championships on September 1-3, 2023 weekend. For more information please visit https://island22horsepark.com/