Museums and history

Forest Ecology: Timber Stamps & Tree Rings

BC Forest Discovery Centre3 hr 25 min by bus · 48.9 km

✓ Fits your group

A long dark red wooden building with FOREST DISCOVERY CENTRE painted along the front, seen from above, with a paved car park and tall evergreens behind it.

Cost

$10 a child

$160 for 16 children

Ages & size

Grades 4 to 6

Up to 30 children

Duration

1.5 hours

May, Jun, Sep

Days not published

Book by

Not published

Plan this trip

Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from BC Forest Discovery Centre's website

Our note

This is the version to ask for if the class has already done a basic forest walk. It goes further into how forestry actually works rather than just naming trees.

What the children do

A guided forest walk for older classes covering tree parts and functions, forest recycling, forest technology and how trees are used as a resource, ending with a walk to the eagles' nest. The program includes a train ride. Price is per student and GST is added on top.

Walk through the mature forest with a guide, look closely at tree rings, timber stamps and how a forest recycles itself, and carry on to the eagles' nest. Then ride the train around the property and over the trestle.

Good to know

Portable washrooms and an outdoor picnic area are on site, and the main trails are step free. Bus parking and how many adults have to come are not published, so it is worth a call.

Sources disagree. Their web page and their printed program brochure give two different email addresses for the same education coordinator. If one bounces, try the other, or ring the office. We use the one from their tours page.

Sources disagree. Their brochure splits the forest programs into two tight grade bands while their web page says the same programs suit kindergarten right up to grade seven. If your class sits outside the narrow bands, say so when you book and ask whether they will adapt it.

Sources disagree. Their brochure says school programs run in May, June and September, while their web page says they run right through the season from Easter to Thanksgiving. Ask for the month you want and see what they say.

Washrooms

Wheelchair accessible portable toilets are on-site whenever the museum is open to the public.

Lunch space

Many of our visitors bring a picnic lunch to enjoy a pleasant break in the picnic area on our lower grounds during their visit. Visitors may leave and re-enter the site.

Rain backup

Needs confirmation

Strollers

Needs confirmation

Wheelchair access

Most main areas of the site are wheelchair accessible, including the main entrance and exhibit hall, the gas and steam trains, antique vehicle building, most heritage buildings, and the main walking trails. A few of the heritage buildings as well as the speeder are not wheel chair accessible at this time.

Bus parking

Designated parking stalls are available for people with mobility disabilities.

Nearby park

Needs confirmation

Restrictions

Only Certified Guide & Service dogs are permitted in our food service areas and on board our trains.. Group rates do not apply for the Halloween Train or the Christmas Express

Getting there

2892 Drinkwater Road, Duncan, BC V9L 6C2

On foot

10 hr 38 min

too far with this group

By bus

3 hr 25 min

includes a 9 min wait

Driving

1 hr 36 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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