Blakeburn Lagoons Park

Blakeburn Lagoons Park opened on April 28, 2018 and is located at the 2900 block of Elbow Place (parking is next to Blakeburn park off Riverside Drive). A peaceful oasis where people can go to commune with nature and experience a functioning wildlife habitat.

• 1.6 kilometres of looped walking trails
• A reflective space designated as a place to reflect, heal and honour, with seating, plantings and views of the lagoons,
• Seating, educational signage and a picnic area
• Viewing platforms at key vantage points
• Varied ecological habitat zones (e.g. woodland, grassland, wetland, aquatic) providing diverse wildlife habitat
• More than 100,000 indigenous shrubs and groundcover plants, more than 1,300 indigenous trees and two acres of native grasses
• Four wildlife-only habitat islands, and
• Vegetative buffers and fencing to protect environmentally sensitive areas from public access.

The 11-hectare (27-acre) park in northeast Port Coquitlam was formerly the site of two waste settling ponds, and was redeveloped in 2017 and early 2018. Port Coquitlam was proud to win a 2018 Sustainable Communities Award in the brownfields category from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the development of Blakeburn Lagoons Park.