Neighbourhood – Kanaka Springs

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Welcome to your new neighbourhood!

Welcome to a diverse community of young professionals, families, and empty nesters — people who value an active lifestyle, the outdoors, growth, and friendships. Nature is all around you at Kanaka Springs. A 1.2-acre central park and community hub invites residents to gather and socialize, trails weave into nature, and large, manicured yards extend from homes.

Living at Kanaka Springs is a healthy, happy, and attainable experience.

Parks + Trails

Nature is one of Maple Ridge’s greatest assets, with trails stretching deep into the wilderness and a mountain backdrop always in sight. Regional and provincial parks add to abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities with Kanaka Creek Regional Park and Golden Ears Provincial Park, British Columbia’s third largest park, setting up scenes of endless adventures for you and your family.

Kanaka Creek

A habitat for a variety of wildlife, along with trails for a variety of experiences – discover the coastal rainforests and waterfalls of Kanaka Creek, just a stone’s throw away from Kanaka Springs. It’s all about the moments on the intricate trails, which includes a pedestrian bridge over Kanaka Creek, and the memories you are left with.

Golden Ears

Flanked by rugged technical trail networks, smooth pathways, pebbled beaches, majestic lakes, and surrounded by snow-streaked peaks, Golden Ears Provincial Park is a 555 square kilometer kingdom of mountains and ancient trees. Camp at Gold Creek, walk the lower Falls Trail, hike to Golden Ears Peak, enjoy fishing and boating on Alouette Lake, and don’t forget to pack a picnic and your day belongings for the north and south beach areas. This is truly one of Maple Ridge’s greatest treasures.

Grant Hill

In close proximity to Kanaka Springs, enjoy the idyllic wooded forest with multiple popular trails that run up and down Grant Hill’s gentle southern slope. See horseback riders, hikers, runners, and mountain bikers all out here on any given day, sharing and carving out their own personal intimate outdoor experiences.

Recreation

Explore an array of municipal popular parks and arenas in the region for team sports and leisure activities, including outdoor adventure destinations for cycling, mountain climbing, fishing, camping and horseback riding.

Sports Fields

A versatile mix of sporting fields and arenas to accommodate a variety of outdoor sports including hockey, football, soccer, baseball, and softball. Head down to Albion Sports Complex equipped with an outdoor concession, Planet Ice, dog park, a kids’ playground + water park. This is a great location to host events & tournaments for all ages.

Outdoor Adventures

Boundless and endless outdoor activities to revive your sense of play, where there is always room to move and get your adrenaline pumping. Explore your connectivity to nature where good days are made by hiking, biking, water-skiing, paddle boarding, mountain climbing, fishing, and camping and horseback riding.

Leisure Centres

Fun opportunities and activities for all ages can be discovered at Maple Ridge Leisure Centre which offer high-quality programs, services, and recreational facilities that promote active and healthy lifestyles, including a wide range of drop-in fitness classes, swimming pool and gymnasium programs.

Shopping

Satisfy your cravings for fresh flavours at the local restaurants, farmer’s markets, and seafood markets. Find your style browsing the eclectic boutique shops and retailers throughout the region, and always feel relaxed, pampered and well taken care of.

Bruce's Market

Bruce’s Market started as a local fish market providing fresh caught West Coast seafood to its Albion location for their Maple Ridge and Fraser Valley customers. Though they started out with fish, and they are still on the ocean finding the best seafood products for their customers in their own fleet of fishing vessels – the market has evolved to feature an all-star deli section, vegetable section, dairy case, groceries, and gifts, along with their extensive seafood counter.

Cottonwood Crossing

This stylish new shopping hub offers diverse group of shops, retailers and food options that service the vibrant and growing community around Cottonwood Crossing, including Anchor tenant Shopper’s Drug Mart.

Therapy Clothing

Your retail therapy is here. Offering everything from women’s and men’s fashions to kids wear, beauty, gifts, accessories and more. Find beautiful space-making products for home, and unique interior décor all under one roof. Friendly, knowledgeable, detail-oriented, experienced staff, capable of providing you with all your retail therapy needs.

Dining

Quaint places and great spaces to eat. Maple Ridge offers a vibrant and eclectic food scene with regional authenticity. Follow your tastebuds and discover where the chopping, dicing, sauteing, simmering and grilling all take shape, and treat yourself to a culinary experience.

King Fishers

Combining the best food with stunning views, savor culinary specialties situated on the banks of the Fraser River with a waterfront view from any seat in the house. Serving handcrafted food and a great atmosphere by the river, enjoy two seasonal patios for dining outside and comfortable booths and banquettes for when the storm watching season arrives.

Big Feast

Think of Big Feast as a small-town bistro with a trendy, urban atmosphere. With a focus on sourcing local ingredients, and hand-crafting great food with vegan and plant-based options for their guests, and having been featured on The Food Network’s ‘You Gotta Eat Here’, this popular dining spot has something for everyone’s palette.

Shinobi Sushi

A favourite place to have sushi in Maple Ridge. Fresh, variety, quality ingredients, and great service combined with friendly staff and delicious food. Try the spicy salmon sashimi salad, Alaska roll and top it with their famous French Kiss roll.