What To Do In Prince George, BC || Top 8 Things To See & Do
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- We spent a week touring around the city of Prince George in British Columbia, Canada to see and do as many attractions as possible. We found eight top things to see and do in Prince George, BC and count them down in this video.
8 - Mr. PG: Mr. PG is the city mascot located at the corner of Hwy 97 and Hwy 16. This roadside attraction is a must-stop for any visitor to Prince George, although we found parking a bit difficult. Right behind Mr. PG is a condo complex with resident-only parking, so we parked next door at the Prince George Playhouse. An interpretive sign next to Mr.PG explains the history and evolution of Mr. PG over the years.
7 - David Douglas Botanical Garden: The botanical garden in Prince George is free of charge to visit (although there is paid parking) and is the most northern botanical garden in Canada. It is completely run and maintained by hard-working volunteers. Although it is small, it is a nice park to visit to get views of the mountains beyond the city and to enjoy the native plants they grow here. Their website here: www.ddbotgarden.bc.ca/
6 - Cottonwood Island Nature Park: Follow the trail that leads over the wooden bridge to see beautiful tree bark carvings Elmer Gunderson, a former City of Prince George employee who was commissioned to make these carvings for the 90th Anniversary of the city. A brochure and map of the carvings can be found here: www.princegeorge.ca/Things%20...
5 - Connaught Hill Park: This park is set atop a hilltop that overlooks Prince George and offers a 360° view of the city. There is parking, picnic tables, and gardens to enjoy and we noticed it was a popular spot for family BBQ's.
4 - Central BC Rail and Forestry Museum: The city of Prince George was built on the rail and forestry industries and so it is fitting that the museum holding these industry artifacts is located here. A small entrance fee gets visitors access to several buildings, train engines, train cars, and forestry equipment. Some interpretive signs are located throughout this (mainly) outdoor museum to explain the purpose or significance of the pieces. There is also a small train that can be ridden around the museum for kids and kids at heart. More here: www.pgrfm.bc.ca/
3 - Prince George Farmers’ Market: The market takes place Saturday mornings 8:30-2:00pm at the corner of 3rd Ave and Quebec St. A second (or maybe an extension of this market?) is also located 2 blocks away in front of the BC Provincial Court Registry. We enjoyed both and found prices very reasonable. For more information visit: www.farmersmarketpg.ca/?fbcli...
2 - Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park: Pronounced 'Klet-lee Ten-eh', this park is a beautiful city park along the Fraser river. There is a playground, gardens, Lheidli T’enneh memorial cemetery, small steam engine train ride, and The Exploration Place museum. We noticed it was popular for family gatherings and events. Park info: www.princegeorge.ca/Things%20...
1 - Northern Lights Estate Winery: This was our favorite stop in Prince George. They offer free tours on certain days of the week, which includes a free tasting. This fruit winery is Canada’s most northern winery and they make some really interesting wines. We thoroughly enjoyed the setting and getting to learn about their process, history, and location. Learn more here: www.northernlightswinery.ca/
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0:14 Mr. PG
1:18 David Douglas Botanical Garden
2:24 Cottonwood Island Nature Park
5:36 Connaught Hill Park
6:06 Central BC Rail and Forestry Museum
8:35 Prince George Farmers' Market
9:46 Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park
11:16 Northern Lights Estate Winery
13:42 Bloopers
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The only reason i came to prince George is for the mountain biking and possible hiking. Which you totally overlooked.
Reasons for us to go back 🙏 Thanks for letting us know there is more to see and do
Love this video. There are far too many people that choose to overlook the good things PG has to offer. Here are a couple more to check out: 1) The Ancient Forrest east of town towards McBride has trails that wander through huge Cedar trees and is well worth the one hour drive 2) The Otway Nordic Center is just down Otway Road in city limits and has great XC skiing, snowshoeing, hiking and mountain biking 3) The Pidherny Rec Site, also in city limits on the north side of the Nechako River, offers more of the same but focuses more on mountain biking 4) Right down town surrounding the new Fire Hall is Carrie Jane Grey Park where you can find a skateboard park, brand new outdoor basketball courts, beach volleyball courts, fastpitch fields, baseball fields, a bmx track and Masich Place Stadium, home of the UNBC soccer teams and the PG Kodiaks Jr Football team 5) PGARA Speedway near the airport hosts auto racing as well as everyone's favorite Hit to Pass during the summer.
Thanks for sharing these additional places close by!
Thanks for making video on prince George
We enjoyed exploring the town. Thanks for your kind comment.
Lived there from 1977-93.
Age 6-21. Always have a soft spot for PG....🙂✔️🍺
It's a nice town and one you got to call home for a while, too.
I love the suits
We travel with them 🙂 just in case.
Rainbow park has beautiful gardens in summer and a disc golf course!
That's great! We've played disc golf a couple of times. We'll have to bring our discs next time we visit.
Great video! As a local, if you are into beer we now have three micro breweries with tasting rooms (Crossroads, Trench and Deadfall brewing) and one large commercial Brewery (Pacific Western Brewery) to try out!
Thanks, yeah Mel isn't into beer but I (Jay) enjoy it from time to time. Good to know. The next time we're up there, we're hitting up the microbreweries for sure!
Great video Mel and Jay! I’ve always wanted to go to Prince George. There has been a lot of mosquitoes in BC this year.
SO many mosquitoes! All the flooding from last year has brought about a mosquito army!
The farmers market looks like a good one! Most in AB are now full of resellers with very few local artisans anymore.
This one was all local farmers and artists and some decent prices, too!
How cool! We’ve been wanting to visit BC for a while! Also we are suckers for a good botanical garden 🪴
There is lots to explore up here, c'mon up! If you love botanical gardens, have you been to Lotusland in Santa Barbara? It is the most incredible garden we have been to yet!
Yes we been to that one! It’s amazing! If you’re ever in our neck of the woods we will hook you up for San Diego Botanic Garden. Also incredible
That'd be amazing, thank-you! We'll be in the San Diego area this November on our way to Baja!
Awesome!! That sounds like a great trip!
I really want to move here! Housing prices don't seem as bad and it's beautiful
Lots of big beautiful blue skies to enjoy there, too!
literally, nothing to do in prince george, cannot figure out how I've lived here for 6 years and with the pulp mill stench that hits you right in the face every time. Places to see in that area are outside of town and more nature.
We have since learned of a whole bunch of amazing hikes and trails to explore. Next visit we will have to check them out. For this time, we wanted to explore the city. We didn't notice the pulp mill smell everywhere, but did in one spot. 👃
ok i love these type of videos and poke holes through them, coming from and look at it from a prince george person. Lets get started. #1 Correct on mr pg, wrong on whom. it was done by a drunk logger. oh and the 1st was out on the highway. the 1 down town was a phone booth. the 1 in the picture/post card was 1 at the old visitor center. #2. REAL FUN - NOT! UNBC to start with should have been built down town in the industrial area on the south side. not up on the hill. i am amazed it has lasted on that hill as long as it has. it was thought at some point to all slide down the hill. as for the gardens. only something if you like flowers and stuff. and really who dose? not me. (brief brake-move to Prince George and they have no idea about the bird sized skeeters? before you go out to anything forestry or flower crap, you put jungle juice on and cover spots. if you do not like the jungle juice - EAT VIETAMIN C fruit!!!!! now we know who the big city folk are and the ones you do not want on your hiking jaunt out at the lake) #3. The trains, ok thats a thumbs up. #4. Farmers market another thumbs up. ok its no where as fun as it used to be but ok. #5. Fort George Park. park ok pet free is total crap when it was where you used to go to have pet dates for your snoozers. I take it they no longer have the fire truck play area. NO MENTION REGARDING FORT GEORGE, which was why we had Fort George park. it was where the native village used to be and the original sight of Fort George. and what later became the town of Fort George (town beside Prince George) and also where the paddle wheeler use to come in from lower BC. I guess no one knows their history anymore. #6 Winery, great place to stick it, down the road from the pulp mill. I personally do not want to be at some spot for wine and food where i can smell the cancerous causing pulp chemicals seeping through the ground. i missed #7 and #8. No mention on the park on top of the down town hill? no museums, no night clubs, no old radio station tours missed everything that was fun. like the lake, camping sights, Bear lake, backpacking trails, sky hills (1 case its more of a toboggin hill) missed so much!
Thanks for the suggestions, we'll have to visit again, spend some more time, and check out some of the stuff you mentioned!
We did smell the "interesting" small of the pulp mills in certain areas. 😁 Something to consider for sure.
It really seems like you are unhappy with everything in PG. I grew up there, went to high school, UNBC, and have much more fond memories of living there than you seem to have. Perhaps you may want to consider relocating somewhere you will be happier with your life.
@@thebatman8895 well you sure do not know who i am than. I had so much fun growing up pg. from the derby races behind Parkwood mall, roller skating out in Pineview, cadets (and friends from cadets whom we hung out with and did so much, hanging out at the drive in theater, riding our bikes to the city dump (now DP Todd High) and grabbing all the old comic books(that we used to read by the river after grabbing pop and chips from the store); late night encounters with the girls down in Fort George Park; movie night Fridays; LONG LONG LINES at the theater at Parkwood Mall was a gas (alot of time waiting in line was more fun than the movie); JJ Billiards; Spruceland arcade!: drag races with the RCMP out in the Hart; drives out to Bear Lake for grizzly burgers; hiking out in Buckhorn; spending dinners at our friends homes (when parents used to share work nights and watching kids); spending the weekends at friends homes (wall to wall sleeping bags filled with teenagers, up stairs - down stairs - even (in 1 friend's home) out in the old mobile home behind the house); BBQ summers and winter golfing; summer time skiing; bath tub racing; stock car races at the pg race track (more and less where Super Store is); golfing (and shrimp burgers afterwards); every native mom/Italian mom/Scottish mom trying to marry you off and catching a breather at the Chinese mom's untill we started understanding Chinese and than her too! I can go on and on. We had a blast as kids and as teenagers in PG and working at the Pas Lumber was a blast and at PG Hobby in Spruceland.
Top one thing...put PG in your rear view mirror. Last time I was there visiting my dear uncle...a drug bust - right in the parking lot of his facility. The area is BEAUTIFUL. The surrounding area that is not PG. if you go there...try your hardest not to get stabbed.
Every city has its good and bad neighbourhoods. We found it to be mostly clean and safe when we visited.
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its lheidli (clay-neigh) t'enneh (ten-nay) thats how you say it hope that helps :)
Thanks for the correction, yes it helps 😺
Mr PG looks like Pinocchio to me.
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true lol
I used to live in PG as my wife is from there, went back 3 weeks ago and the drug abusers downtown are out of control. Really not a place I would move back to
Sorry to hear that. A lot of city downtowns across North America have a real problem with this. Some action is needed for sure.
The only problem with this city is drugs .
Sadly, drugs are not a unique problem to Prince George. We see it nearly everywhere we travel.