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FeatureWhere the Road Takes YoutheRoadby John Leeless travelledB.C. is crowded with busy tourist-trail attractionsthat many locals have visited several times over.While familiarity can certainly breed contemptwhen it comes to planning a day out – exceptfor those of us happy to line up at the CapilanoSuspension Bridge and pretend it’s our firsttime – there’s a clutch of rewarding, lesser-knownarea destinations just waiting to be discovered.These drive-worthy, off-the-beaten-path gemspromise some unexpectedly engaging excursionsfor those who think they’ve seen all there is tosee in their own backyard.<strong>OpenRoad</strong> driver |16
FeatureWhere the Road Takes YouAvisit to what may be the region’s best-keptmuseum secret is highly recommended forlocal adventurers. Langley Airport is the unlikelyhome of the Canadian Museum of Flight,a meticulously well-preserved celebration ofaviation history that expertly caters to bothplane-spotting geeks and those with a less insular interest inflying. Turn left at the hulking silver Dakota airplane out frontand you’re met by a forest of colourful historic planes. Theseinclude vintage jets like the fang-toothed DH 100 Vampire andseveral camouflage-patterned warplanes. The most celebrated ofthese is a rare 1940s Canadian-made Handley-Page Hampdenbomber, complete with several cramped gun positions that runalong its body like transparent blisters.A nearby hangar – an important shelter spot on rainy days –is bursting at the seams with display cases, information panelsand a wild and wacky assortment of aircraft: you’ll have to makeseveral circuits of this open-plan room to make sure you catchexhibits like the ultralight helicopter that’s little more than aflying armchair and a lacquered wooden glider that resemblesan airborne chocolate egg. Among the more serious exhibits aredisplays recounting Canada’s wartime aviation contribution andthe sad history of the AVRO Arrow jet fighter program.Airplanes are a vital cross-Canada transportation modetoday but their pre-eminent role was once taken by the railroad.The pioneering Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) created agoldmine of development wherever it built its stations, forgingtowns from forested landscapes that had existed untouchedsince creation. When Port Moody was named the CPR’s westernterminus in 1879, it grew rapidly into the city that existstoday. The story of the area’s rail-fuelled social and economicdevelopment is colourfully recalled at the charming Port MoodyStation Museum.This pretty 1905 red-painted station building housesinformative displays on the region’s original Coast Salishinhabitants, as well as a recreated 19th-century kitchen andparlour complex and a fascinating photo collection uncoveringPort Moody’s frontier days. Nostalgic visitors will also enjoydisplays of familiar Tetley Tea, Mackintosh Toffee and RowntreeCocoa packages as well as generation-defining toys like die-castfire trucks and a “Shaky Scotty” mechanical dog.Along with several interactive displays for kids, there’s plentyto please the train buffs, including a model of the first CPR trainto arrive here in 1886 – it was one minute late following its 137-hour trip from Montreal. The original, high-ceilinged stationwaiting room has also been preserved and is lined with heritagerailway posters. Visitors can even clamber aboard a 1920s traincarriage parked outside, complete with a cosy wood-lined sleepercabin and a surprisingly capacious ladies powder room.While trains illustrate coal’s dominance as the leading powersource of their era, hydro electricity was also developing as an <strong>OpenRoad</strong> driver |17
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