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The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats hosts a variety of walks and tours throughout the year.

Coast Salish Family Day 2020 Carleen by IO

Things to do at Maplewood flats

The Conservation Area invites exploration and discovery.

You will find a wonderful diversity of life, from the simplest organisms to the most complex. All are linked together in food webs built upon a foundation of green plants that capture the sun’s energy to create the fuel necessary for all animal life. We all share these precious resources of space, air, food and water.
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NATURE WALKS

We run a variety of walks and tours throughout the year.
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Workshops

We conduct a variety of workshops from birding, habitat restoration, Coast Salish arts and culture, and many more.
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EXHIBITS

We host a variety of permanent and temporary exhibits at the site.
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Annual Osprey Festival

Every year, we host the Osprey Festival

Events Calendar

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--- The Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia (WBT) is a non-profit society that manages the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Our mission is to provide wild birds with sanctuary through ecological protection and restoration, and support communities with education, culture, and reconciliation programs. We acknowledge that The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats is situated within the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN).
Chief Dan George Exhibition Welcome Reception
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Explore decolonization theories as Chantelle Spicer (SFU MA Anthropology) joins Irwin Oostindie (Wild Bird Trust of BC) in tonight's Fireside Chat. They explore ways we learn and understand the values of decolonizing of land, parks, and the spaces in between in British Columbia. Chantelle shares some of her insights from her recent SFU Anthropology thesis: "Knowing the land as home and alive: Re-centering Snuneymuxw’s relationship to Saysutshun in co-management." There are strong parallels between Snuneymuxw First Nation's rights to Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Provincial Marine Park) and Tsleil-Waututh Nation's relations to Maplewood Flats. Through the intimacy of the fireside chat format we explore complex issues like settler denial that arise when considering how birders and tourists recognize and engage with the land, and strategies for placebased engagement in spaces like "North Vancouver" and "Nanaimo." Here is a link to download Chantelle Spicer's thesis https://summit.sfu.ca/item/21468 "The overall goal of this thesis is to center ways Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN) have known how to live collaboratively and collectively with their territory since time immemorial. This project looks specifically at the co-management of Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Provincial Marine Park) between SFN, BC Parks, and the City of Nanaimo. Co-management has been a strategy used by Indigenous peoples, including Snuneymuxw, to disrupt the power of the colonial state and reclaim aspects of self-determination. However, co-management structures often become another way the state maintains control over land and decision-making. Based in Indigenous methodologies described by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, anthropological policy and document analysis, and interviews Snuneymuxw, this thesis finds that there is a need to move beyond colonially-centered co-management and to re-centre Indigenous processes and institutions." --- The Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia (WBT) is a non-profit society that manages the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Our mission is to provide wild birds with sanctuary through ecological protection and restoration, and support communities with education, culture, and reconciliation programs. We acknowledge that The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats is situated within the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN).
Fireside Chat with Chantelle Spicer
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This month's Fireside Chat features Robbie George Tsiyálten and Charlene Aleck Ts'simtelot of Tsleil-Waututh sharing knowledge and stories in keeping with the Chief Dan George exhibit inside the nature house. Hosted by Irwin Oostindie (Wild Bird Trust) using 3 Zoom phone cameras, we sat out on the nature house patio with Charlene's gas fireplace, talked and ate snacks. Thanks to Sebnem Ozpeta for post-production. --- The Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia (WBT) is a non-profit society that manages the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Our mission is to provide wild birds with sanctuary through ecological protection and restoration, and support communities with education, culture, and reconciliation programs. We acknowledge that The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats is situated within the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN).
Fireside Chat with Robbie George Tsiyálten and Charlene Aleck Ts'simtelot
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Artist in Residence Rachelle George KWALTANAAT (Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish) is Wild Bird Trust’s featured artist-in-residence 2021 at Maplewood Flats. In this event, family members Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter sit down for virtual tea for a conversation across time zones with Rachelle about mentorship, matriarchy, creative process, intergenerational storytelling, and their leadership role in confronting climate change and violence against women.   Rachelle will use her residency to develop, produce and present a play featuring local First Nations youth, with mentorship from Lee Maracle and Columpa Bobb. The residency will include a program of creative process activities and virtual events, plus selected public screenings and talks. --- The Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia (WBT) is a non-profit society that manages the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Our mission is to provide wild birds with sanctuary through ecological protection and restoration, and support communities with education, culture, and reconciliation programs. We acknowledge that The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats is situated within the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN).
Rachelle George speaks with Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb & Tania Carter
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Head Office

The Conservation Area
at Maplewood Flats
2649 Dollarton Highway,
North Vancouver, BC, V7H 1B1

(2km from Second Narrows Bridge)

hours
Office: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
Conservation Area: Open 24 hours

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Phone : + 1 604-929-2379

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