Maplewood Flats Conservation Area

Maplewood Flats Conservation Area is a 126-hectare protected wetland on Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, combining mudflats, salt marsh, and upland habitat in one of the inlet’s most important urban-edge ecosystems. Its history has shifted from a 1940s squatter settlement that included writer Malcolm Lowry, to an artists’ and loggers’ refuge, to industrial use after most cabins were burned in 1971, and finally to conservation and restoration from the 1980s onward. Managed for wildlife through agreements involving Environment Canada and the Wild Bird Trust, it lies on the Pacific Flyway and supports hundreds of bird species, major breeding populations, and accessible public trails.

British Columbia · Canada