Kanaka Creek Regional Park, Nature reserve in Maple Ridge, Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park stretches across 400 hectares along a creek that flows through forests and canyons near the Fraser River. The land offers multiple entrances with parking, restrooms, and picnic areas, plus trails for different kinds of recreation.

The area was originally home to Indigenous communities including the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui, Musqueam, Semiahmoo, and Tsleil-Waututh before European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s. This deep Indigenous history continues to shape the cultural identity of the land.

The park lies on the historic territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui, Musqueam, Semiahmoo and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, who have used the area for over nine thousand years. Metro Vancouver's 2004 management plan was drawn up with the Katzie First Nation, and the University of Victoria ran a restoration project in parts of the park in 2022.

The park is wheelchair accessible and has parking and public washrooms. The Riverfront area off BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat launch for canoes and kayaks; above the 240th Street bridge the creek is shallow and full of snags, so boating is not possible there.

The Bell-Irving Hatchery inside the park raises and releases Chum, Pink and Coho salmon and is used to teach visitors about salmon conservation in the creek. The park also shelters three provincially listed species at risk: the coastal tailed frog, the northern red-legged frog and the Pacific water shrew.