Brandywine Falls Provincial Park
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As of July 30, 2008:
- Please note that there are road closures happening from 10pm -2 am and 3 - 5am from Blue Creek to Whistler until June 15/08. As the park gates close at 9 PM, guests will have 1 hour to get to Whistler or Squamish before the road closures, please make sure you give yourself sufficient time.
- Visitors are advised that Brandywine Falls Park is now open for day use. Visitors may encounter day use area construction activities and temporary closed areas while in the park this year.
- Major improvements to Highway 99 in front of Brandywine Provincial Park are now underway. There may be traffic delays and frequent changes to the park entrance and exit. Please obey all traffic signs and flag persons. There may be active blasting activities nearby that will be heard in the park. During the spring and fall, the park gate may be closed at 9:00 pm.
- As the highway improvements have rendered the former campground unsustainable, BC Parks is working to integrate the former campground and day use areas into a larger, day use only area. There will be an upgraded vehicle entrance into the park, new day use facilities and improved parking for cars, recreational vehicles and tour buses. Day use area construction activities in the park are in progress. In addition to the complete closure period noted above, portions of the park may be closed to vehicles at other times due to construction activities. Visitors must follow all safety and direction signs and flag persons while in the park and stay well away from construction sites and equipment.
- Parking at the highway side pull-out in front of the park has been eliminated to facilitate highway reconstruction.
- Day use parking fees for vehicles of $1.00 per hour to a maximum of $3.00 per day are in place for this park. The fee for a bus is $25.00 per day. It is very easy to walk to the waterfall viewpoints and back within an hour from the main parking lot. Spring and early summer is the best time for viewing as snow melt and increased river flow makes for impressive waterfalls! Parking fees support park services such as operating day use areas and maintaining trails, picnic facilities and park buildings.
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Park Info
Brandywine Falls (the spectacular 70 metre waterfall) is best seen from the viewpoint which also presents some marvelous views of Daisy Lake and the surrounding mountains. This park provides opportunities for hiking, picnicking, mountain biking and viewing of the waterfall.
Park Size: 150 hectares
Stay Safe:
- Bring your own drinking water as there is no potable water available in the park.
- Campfires are not permitted in the park.
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Nature & Culture
- History - The word brandy is actually the shortened word for brandywine. No one is completely sure about how the falls got their name, but one possible explanation is that two surveyors (Jack Nelson and Bob Mollison) for the Howe Sound and Northern Railway made a wager for a bottle of brandy about who could estimate more accurately the height of the falls. When the height was actually measured with a chain it was Mollison who won the bottle of brandy and Nelson then named the falls Brandywine.
- Conservation - Here you will find basalt columns and lava flows covered by small ponds and a forest.
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Map / Brochure
Any maps listed are for information only - they may not represent legal boundaries and should not be used for navigation.
- Park Map (PDF)
- Brochure and Map (PDF)
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Contact Info
Sea to Sky Park Services Ltd
Email address: info@seatoskyparks.com
Phone: (604) 986-9371
For additional information, click here for the Sea to Sky Park Services website.
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Activities Available At This Park
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Cycling | |
Bicycles must keep to roadways. Bicycle helmets are mandatory in British Columbia. The park provides access to the mountain bike Sea to Sky Trail which goes to nearby Cal-Cheak Forest Service Recreation Site. This is a gravel surfaced
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Hiking | |
For your own safety and the preservation of the park, obey posted signs and keep to designated trails. Shortcutting trails destroys plant life and soil structure.
Brandywine Falls Trail:
Enjoy a 10 - 20 minute (one way) walk or snowshoe across the covered footbridge and through the forest to a new viewing platform overlooking Brandywine Falls. Continue along a new, short walking path to a second viewpoint of the falls and another of the surrounding area of Daisy Lake and the Black Tusk. Stay behind fences and away from the river’s edge. Use caution when crossing the Canadian National Rail line. Trails in the park are not maintained during the winter.
Trail to Cal-Cheak Suspension Bridge:
Allow 2 hours return. This trail travels through mixed Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine forests among outcrops of lava beds and many small ponds. Watch your footing on rough parts of the trail.
Mountain Bike Trail: This section of the Sea to Sky Trail goes to the Cal-Cheak Forest Recreation Site, approximately 4 kilometres north of the park. Bicycles are permitted only on park roadways and the Sea to Sky Trail.
Brandywine Falls Trail:
Enjoy a 10 - 20 minute (one way) walk or snowshoe across the covered footbridge and through the forest to a new viewing platform overlooking Brandywine Falls. Continue along a new, short walking path to a second viewpoint of the falls and another of the surrounding area of Daisy Lake and the Black Tusk. Stay behind fences and away from the river’s edge. Use caution when crossing the Canadian National Rail line. Trails in the park are not maintained during the winter.
Trail to Cal-Cheak Suspension Bridge:
Allow 2 hours return. This trail travels through mixed Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine forests among outcrops of lava beds and many small ponds. Watch your footing on rough parts of the trail.
Mountain Bike Trail: This section of the Sea to Sky Trail goes to the Cal-Cheak Forest Recreation Site, approximately 4 kilometres north of the park. Bicycles are permitted only on park roadways and the Sea to Sky Trail.
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Pets on Leash | |
Pets/domestic animals must be on a leash at all times and are not allowed in beach areas or park buildings. You are responsible for their behaviour and must dispose of their excrement.
Backcountry areas are not suitable for dogs or other pets due to wildlife issues and the potential for problems with bears.
Backcountry areas are not suitable for dogs or other pets due to wildlife issues and the potential for problems with bears.
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Wildlife Viewing | |
Brandywine Falls (a spectacular 70 metre waterfall) is best seen from the new viewing platform, completed in the spring of 2006 and perched high on the edge of a volcanic escarpment. Those who love heights will enjoy this one! Marvellous views of Daisy Lake and the surrounding mountains are also seen from the platform and from the other viewpoints described above.
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Winter Recreation | |
The park trails provide good beginner snowshoe opportunities
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Facilities Available At This Park
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Picnic Areas | |
This park has a day-use/picnic area with six picnic tables and pit toilets. There is a gate which is locked between the hours of 11:00PM and 7:00AM.
Day-use Area Vehicle Parking Fee:
$1.00 per vehicle / hour to a maximum of $3.00 per vehicle per/day. For information about yearly parking passes, or further information about parking fees,
click here.
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Pit or Flush Toilets | |
Pit toilets are located in the day-use area.
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