Steveston Excursion – Part 2 – Steveston and Garry Point

All photos taken on October 23, 2022.

At long last, we arrived in Steveston.

Steveston, founded in the 1880s, is a neighbourhood of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. On the southwest tip of Lulu Island, the village is a historic port and salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River. The early 1900s style architecture attracts both the film and tourism industries.

The village is named for Manoah Steves, who arrived with his family around 1877–1878 from Moncton, New Brunswick, via Chatham, Ontario.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Steveston was a filming location for the 2011-2018 television series, Once Upon a Time. Some scenes of the Netflix series, Virgin River are also shot here.

A stop at Damien’s Belgian Waffle House for some hot chocolate was in order.

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Then it was down to the wharf for a bite of lunch. We should have had fish and chips, but we had eaten too many French fries lately. We had brought a focaccia sandwich from Breka Bakery Café along with us. We sat facing the wharf washing the world go by.

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Replenished, we set off again, heading out to ride around Garry Point. Some new brightly coloured murals had been painted since our last visit. Like most other places on the Lower Mainland, the paths were dusty from the long running drought.

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We took our time, pausing for the views….

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…before saddling up to return along the West Dyke Trail.

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