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Maple Ridge is a city on the north shore of the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.

[edit] Get in

Maple Ridge lies along Highway 7 and can be accessed from the west via Pitt Meadows or from the east via Mission. From Highway 1, you can take the 176th, 192nd, or 200th street exits in Surrey and Langley and cross the Golden Ears Bridge into Maple Ridge, but be warned: it is a toll bridge (costing $2.80 one way).

From Vancouver or YVR, expect a one-hour commute by car, or over two hours by bus.

[edit] Get around

Translink's bus services in Maple Ridge are slim but sufficient. The 701 and 791 buses run along Dewdney Trunk Road and will take you to the main spots in town. From there community shuttles can take you the rest of the way, but they run infrequently.

There are also a few cab companies based out of Maple Ridge.

[edit][add listing] See

There isn't much to see in Maple Ridge. Probably the biggest attraction is a large clock with a steel horse monument on top, located outside City Hall on Dewdney Trunk Road. In the past, its limbs would move every fifteen minutes to make the horse stand up on its hind legs, but apparently it doesn't even do that anymore.

[edit][add listing] Do

Maple Ridge is pretty good for walking and hiking:

• Golden Ears Provincial Park, (take 232 street north and follow the signs). Plenty of easy to moderate hiking trails, as well as a day-use area for swimming and boating.  edit
• There are several kilometres worth of dykes to the north, along the Alouette River and other smaller streams and sloughs.

Other activites include:

• Planet Ice, 23588 105th Avenue, ☎ 604 467-2883, [1]. A large, state-of-the-art skating arena. It is used mostly for amateur hockey teams, but offers public skating several times per week. $2.52 - $4.37 plus the cost of skate rentals, if you do not own.  edit
• Go horseback riding at one of the many equestrian centres in Maple Ridge. The town prides itself as "horse country" and it is not uncommon to see people riding horses on the dykes, the trails at Golden Ears Park, or even on the roads.

[edit][add listing] Buy

Maple Ridge has embraced its reputation as being a cheaper place to live, suitable for seniors and lower income families. As such, there are plenty of locally owned shops offering decent quality products for good prices, as well as plenty of discount and dollar stores. If you're looking for high retail, Maple Ridge is definitely not the place to be.

• Haney Place Mall, 11900 Haney Place, ☎ (604) 467-1554, [2]. The biggest shopping centre in Maple Ridge, but that isn't saying much. Not by any means an impressive mall with only a couple dozen stores or so.  edit
• Check out some of the aforementioned locally owned shops in the downtown core, within walking distance of Haney Place Mall.

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[edit][add listing] Drink

There are plenty of good bars and pubs in Maple Ridge. Generally you will not have trouble finding a seat - unless it is Friday or Saturday and the Vancouver Canucks are playing.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Travelodge Maple Ridge‎, 21650 Lougheed Highway, ☎ (604) 467-1511‎.  edit

[edit] Contact

The area around 224 and lougheed, Maple Ridge is friendly although a bit backward in a lot of ways there is a severe problem with crystal meth and wannabe hell angels, gangstas etc. Look where you are going common sense applies

[edit] Get out

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