Langley BC - Edgewater Bar Campground

After a short drive from Vancouver, we arrive at Edgewater Bar Campground in Derby Reach Regional Park in Langley, British Columbia. When we arrive, there is no one at the check-in station and no one home at the camp host site. The very first campsite is empty, so we park there while Tom takes a look around. Finding orange cones in three other empty sites, we go ahead and stay where we are. Tom eventually found out the orange cones meant the campsite had already assigned to people who had been in-line earlier in the day--as early as 6:00 AM, so we were lucky to find an available site when we sauntered in at 10 AM. 

Edgewater Bar is a lovely campground. All of the campsites are riverfront along the Frazer River. Across the river, there are beautiful homes on the bluff and trains that run on the far bank. Note, there are no intersections, so the trains don’t blow their whistles when they go by, so go almost unnoticed. The Trans- Canada Trail passes through Derby Reach and is a wonderful trail to walk or bike on. We took a bike ride along the trail and end up in a nice part of town with restaurants and boat (kayak and canoe) docks. 

The river is placid, and we sit for hours and watch the geese and a seal, who seems to have found a home here, swim by.
Wendy takes the opportunity to "repurpose" some old bread.

We also see a boat, which had gone up river, come floating back. Then Tom notices there is a man fishing at the back of the boat, and his rod is almost bent in half! We watch fascinated as the boat floats past us then takes a turn towards the shore. As we rush down for a closer view, we see a gigantic tail come out of the water. By the time we get there, the men have already landed, measured, and released the sturgeon. The fisherman says it took about a hour to land it. What a bummer to have missed seeing it!

Then the fisherman points out another boat that’s headed towards shore with another sturgeon on! We run over, and this time are rewarded with getting to see the catch! Wow, what beautiful, primitive looking fish!

The next day, more excitement as Edgewater Bar also sees the return of civilian Tank, who has washed out of doggie boot camp due to his habit of playing reveille on his muzzle (aka barking - and Tank is VERY loud) at all hours of the night that is considered unbecoming of a good recruit. Welcome home, Tank.