Places
Where the Bark Gets Peeled
A single English industrial name, Barnet Mill, sits over an older Squamish name that describes a yearly act of the living world: the arbutus shedding its bark on the rocky shore of Burrard Inlet.
Brenda · 5 min read
Topic
Nature
The lakes, creeks, and green spaces that the city has lost, kept, and brought back to life.
History
t̕sic̓əl̕əs: The Village at the Mouth of the Brunette
The Brunette River drains the east end of Burnaby Lake into the Fraser, and at that junction stood villages whose names some Burnaby residents have never read once.
Artom Butenko · 5 min read
Nature
Ten Thousand Crows
Every winter evening, up to fifteen thousand crows from across Greater Vancouver converge on a roost beside a Burnaby highway interchange. They have been doing this since the 1970s. Nobody fully understands why.
Artom Butenko · 5 min read
Nature
Still Creek: How Burnaby Brought a Dead Stream Back to Life
For 80 years, Still Creek was dead—poisoned by industry, buried under parking lots. Then, in 2003, the salmon returned. How did Burnaby bring a stream back from extinction?
Artom Butenko · 8 min read