Ceperley House

Ceperley House today houses the Burnaby Art Gallery. This is "Fairacres," originally a strawberry farm, built in 1911 for $150,000. (Acorrding to the Community Heritage Commission )
Photographed by Michael Delac
Behind the Art Gallery are wonderfully, restored botanical gardens.

Photographed by Michael Delac

Deer Lake Park's fields were originally used as part of a prison farm. There are still remnants of old fences in the forests. In 1913 when the real estate boom went bust more than ten large estates and many more smaller cottages had been completed around this park. (according to the Community Heritage Commission 2005 City of Burnaby)

Photographed by Tony Delac

There are many wonderful, English garden views all around this diverse park.

Photographed by Michael Delac

Any time of year Deer Lake boasts an urban sanctuary of peace. It is possible to stand in the middle of this park nearly any time of day and make a 360 degree pivot and hardly any signs of the city around you.
Photographed by Michael Delac

After about one hundred years since the last clear-cut, deciduous trees now dominate the landscape giving this park an English garden setting.
Photographed by Michael Delac

Deer lake has three small beaches, each of which are accessible by trails.
Photographed by Michael Delac

Hart House Restaurant

"'Avalon,' now in use as the Hart House Restaurant was built by local real estate agent F.J. Hart." Built in 1912, for $50,000, this summer home was designed in the Tudor Revival style.
(According to the Community Heritage Commission 2005 City of Burnaby)
Photographed by Michael Delac

The Hart House's waterfront backyard and most note worthy yellow trees in the fall.
Photographed by Michael Delac

Winter at Deer Lake

Deer Lake is a beautiful park year round. Vancouver's usually rainy weather can produce some of the best winter scenes, especially when the lake freezes long enough to do some ice skating.

Photographed by Michael Delac