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Deer Lake Park offers a peaceful natural environment in the heart of the city. The trails meander around the lake and through unique meadows and woodlands. In the summer you can rent a boat, launch your own canoe, sailboat or rowboat on Deer Lake, or enjoy sunbathing on the beach at the lake's east end. There are also wildlife watching opportunities in the lake, forest, meadow and marsh areas. Bird watchers will be thrilled and horticulturalist shouldn't miss the Century Gardens, with hundreds of rhododendrons bursting in bloom every spring.

Deer Lake Park also plays host to such annual popular outdoor events such as the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, the Burnaby Discovery Day Festival, Symphony in the Park and the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival in its 10,000 seat natural amphitheatre. The House of Blues also programs a summer long series of music concerts.

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Nature All Around

The park trails run by the lake, and through meadows and impressive woodlands in this beautiful and peaceful respite from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding city.In the summer, rent a boat or paddle your own canoe or rowboat on the lake, or sunbath on the beach at the lake’s east end. All year round, the marshes are a bird watchers paradise. For a more orderly taste of nature, visit the Century Gardens, where in the spring, hundreds of Rhododendron’s greet the sun’s warm rays.

Art in the Park

Both the Burnaby Art Gallery and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, a multi-purpose community arts facility, are located within the park itself.The Shadbolt centre, named for world-renowned artist Jack Shadbolt and his wife Doris, long time Burnaby residents, offers year round program of art classes, performances, festivals exhibitions and special events. Highlights include summer concerts, the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, the Burnaby Discovery Day Festival, live shows at the James Cowan.