BC Forest Discovery Centre

BC Forest Discovery Centre is a museum in Duncan, BC, part of the Vancouver guide. Cost: under $25. Open Thursday to Monday, April to September, plus Halloween and Christmas train events.

2892 Drinkwater Road · Duncan, BC

Why you should go…

The BC Forest Discovery Centre is a 100-acre open-air museum park on Drinkwater Road in Duncan, on traditional Quw'utsun territory, telling the story of British Columbia's forest industry. Visitors ride the operating narrow-gauge railway, walk forest and marsh trails known for bird watching, and tour heritage buildings including a 1930s logging camp, a Ranger Station exhibit and the newer Forest Forever exhibit on modern forestry. The centre opens Thursday to Monday, 10 am to 4:30 pm, from early April through September, and returns for Halloween Train and Christmas Express evenings in October and late November to December.

#forestry
#steam train
#heritage
#trails
#cowichan

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