8 Places to See from Agassiz to Mission, North Fraser Valley

If you're looking for places to visit and activities along the north Fraser Valley, here are a few suggestions! I'll take you on a quick trip from Bridal Falls on the Chilliwack side over to Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs, Kilby & the Sandpiper Resort (at Harrison Mills), Nicomen Island, Cascade Falls, Shangrila Farm, Westmister Abbey (not the famous one!) and finally Hayward Lake and the Powerhouse at Stave Falls. This trip follows the Lougheed Highway (Hwy 7) - a great alternative to Hwy 1 when returning from BC's interior.
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[@mercury_rising]

Thanks for reminding me of what a beautiful place we live in. Sometimes I forget in the dreariness of winter!

[@raj_tweets]

Beautiful, who can't see all this in reality, now can see with Jason camera 📸. Very good effort. Thanks

[@angiestelzer1064]

I so enjoyed this, Jason, thank you! I would love to take a road trip across the NW US and this part of Canada. Of course your rose farm would be on my list! It will be quite a trip from the San Antonio, TX area, but well worth it. So much beauty in our two countries! I also made note of your farm’s peak rose blooming window. Thanks again!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Angie. If you ever end up in the neighborhood, we'd be happy to see you!

[@Fragatron]

BC is such a beautiful province. Even though I was born here there is still much to see.

[@AmandaViolinGirl]

I love beautiful scenic places like that waterfall.

[@cindyl3916]

Excellent job putting this fantastic show together! Got to see Shangrila again!❤Thank you Jason!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My pleasure Cindy

[@darlavanhorne7997]

That was an enjoyable trip down memory lane as we lived in Mission during the 1990's to 2005, before moving to the Sunshine Coast. I had for gotten about Kilby and Rowena's!

[@plantsomething]

Jason,You live in paradise. So beautiful. Awesome video. You and Lisa are really blessed.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much!

[@leonardoalfonso7080]

Absolutely one of my favorite videos. Please make more episodes about exploring the wilderness :)

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Jason for the beautiful tour.❄️💚🙃

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Judy

[@hpi2beme]

Thanks for taking us on this beautiful trip.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

It's very much my pleasure! I don't suspect it'll be a strong performing video on the channel, but I do enjoy painting outside the lines of my usual content from time to time.

[@hpi2beme]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm and you paint so well

[@leslienichols5268]

So beautiful! Coincidentally, we also live in the Fraser Valley- of Colorado! Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, we also have natural hot springs and mountains, and the largest natural lake in Colorado.Sadly, a bit cold for roses. I hope we can visit your area soon!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Leslie - that sounds lovely! Maybe I'll get to see your Fraser Valley too someday

[@laurelsayer7557]

Wow, beautiful, what a lot of work this must have taken, great editing. The tourist board should employ you!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Laurel. It's not my strongest skill-set, but I appreciate the encouragement!

[@annierampersad3982]

Thanks Jason for the amazing tour. Much love from Trinidad.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much Annie!

[@susanproctor7512]

Great video! Thanks and even though I've been to some of those places I'm encouraged to return.

[@sharonspopsandplants359]

Beautiful thanks for sharing all the wonder 😊

[@JK-yf9sx]

Wow!! Beautiful.

[@philcappellini2820]

When you show the google earth view of the Fraser Valley, it certainly reminds us where we live. We live on a massive flood plain. I have been to most places in th e video but will be checking a few I was not aware of this summer. Thanks

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much Phil

[@carmenbailey1560]

Living in Ontario, we have travelled west twice. Western Canada is so very beautiful and hopefully we get the opportunity to revisit in the future. I’m definitely a proud Canadian and wouldn’t want to live elsewhere. Thank you so much for sharing places yet not visited, greatly appreciated. 👍❤️😊

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My pleasure Carmen

[@myalee988]

I usually don't comment on videos, but this was such a great video especially for me who grew up in Vancouver but have only recently started venturing out and exploring other parts of our province. Thanks!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it - happy exploring!

[@myalee988]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Would I need to purchase tickets to visit your rose farm? I see the hours on the website but not sure about how to proceed. Thanks again!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You're quite welcome to come during open hours - no tickets required, no admission fee. We're a little later in the season now, so our roses aren't at their peak but there are still quite a few plants in bloom!

[@plantscorner..9591]

Wow that's great 👍👍👍

[@annearsenault7168]

Thanks Jason, this looks great.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much Anne!

[@ourcozygarden]

Love to see these spots in the near future 😊

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Randi and May. Zone 3. Brrr!

[@gwbuilder5779]

What a wonderful journey! Thank you Jason. Some places were familiar from previous videos and a few from visits over 45 years ago like the hot springs and Cascade falls. I didn't realize they were near you. For some reason I was thinking more near Banff where our family would travel in the summer every few years.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Banff would be a great place to live! But I like our growing season better. Thanks!

[@gwbuilder5779]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I completely agree.👌🤙

[@nigelmccomb8106]

10:02 Great video, we will be exploring this spring and summer. Thanks

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Nigel

[@brandysvenson8649]

Thanks for this! I grew up in Agassiz and visit family there often. I've been to all of those places except your island. Will check it out next time we're in town. We visited Chilliwack Community Forest last summer and it was beautiful as well.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Brandy!

[@geraldinefields1730]

Thank you.

[@sc3pt1c4L]

You can adjust the settings on your drone so that no matter how much you try to turn and pan, it responds smoothly and slower. I recommend this to avoid dizzying shots or 'jumping'. I appreciate the great views and shots though, makes it more cinematic.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. I moved it over to "cinematic" mode (slower on the movements and turns) but it still seem to take a pretty light touch to avoid the jerkiness. Practice and patience I suppose!

[@Combatpzman]

Cool, when did they open that bridge at Cascade Falls? That was not there when I last stopped in, but that must have been 10-12 years ago.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. They opened the suspension bridge in 2015

[@jann6082]

Very NICE!

[@jimkocherful]

Beautiful country to tour, looks like you are getting used to the drone, some neat views!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Jim

[@MyFocusVaries]

Cool. We often choose to take the backroads instead of the freeway and we've seen a few of these sites on spring break getaways when our son was little. We'll take a look at a few more in future.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Candace!

[@bradcarby3765]

I have a thing not related to the current thing. Great vid though. The farm I work at grew hybrid cherry tomatoes at one time in the past. They continue to volunteer themselves all about the place and I often grab a few and plant them at home. They are usually just little tiny 1-2cm red currant type tomatoes and there are way too many of them and they taste great. There is some variation sometimes but generally similar. This year one of the plants turned out different. It is about 20-25mm in diameter and pale yellow and the greatest thing in the history of the world. In my climate, we can grow tomatoes all year round so whatever, I cloned a bunch of suckers because there is little to no chance the seeds will produce anything like it. I guess I have to plant seeds too, in the hope that I can select plants with similar characteristics in future generations but what I really wanted to know is how would Jason, from Fraser Valley Rose Farm, set about preserving a unique plant that is basically F2, impossibly overbred, worth saving, with the additional problem of seriously not tomato weather for several months at a time. I guess the takeaway question is, one unique plant on this planet. Can you save me, make me strong? I know yer busy mate, but if you have the time to think about it, it sure would be interesting to hear your thoughts on such a thing.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Brad. That's a fun problem to have, but kind of tricky. So you've already done the first important step, which is to clone and maintain a stock of "mother" plants - and if you're seriously impressed by the unique character of this plant, you'll be best advised to take new clones from time to time and maintain a stock of perhaps 8 plants in various stages & ages. Tomatoes are not very promiscuous. That is, they often self-pollinate. So the next step would just be to keep this population (somewhat) separate from other toms, and then collect some seed from the ripened fruit - under the assumption that they're selfed. You're right that there will likely be some major variability in the offspring, and this is just where it comes down to trial and patience trying to isolate and trial F2, F3 and so on of tomatoes with similar characteristics to your clones until you've stabilized the cultivar. It's going to take 2-4 months for each generation to produce fruit, so this could be longer project - and of course, if you choose to take it on, you'll have to solve the problems around maintaining a productive growing zone for all your clones and seedlings. The only other option I can think of is to get some clones into the hands of someone else with more controlled growing conditions, and hope they see the promise of the project.

[@bradcarby3765]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I never considered farming it out to other people. That is the genius move. When all else fails, someone will have a sucker of it. Cheers Jason.

[@megrandmomjean5019]

Soooooooooooo beautiful :)

[@terrivance8750]

Jason, Was this several trips or one long one? How long did it take ya'all to make the trip? Thank you. 😊

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Terri. For the sake of topic cohesion, we presented at as a single trip. In actuality we took the whole Bridal Veil falls to Cascade Falls section on one day, and then we went back out and got footage a Westminster Abbey on a different day based on their visiting hours, and Hayward lake was tacked on with existing drone footage from a kayaking trip. You can definitely do the driving itself in around an hour, but the time spent is all in the stops.

[@glennelliott708]

Tour Stave Lake dam worth the $5