Museums and history

O' Christmas Tree

BC Forest Discovery Centre3 hr 25 min by bus · 48.9 km

✓ Fits your group

A long dark red wooden building with FOREST DISCOVERY CENTRE painted along the front, seen from above, with a paved car park and tall evergreens behind it.

Cost

$10 a child

$160 for 16 children

Includes education program and train ride

Ages & size

Grades K to 3

Up to 30 children

Duration

1.5 hours

Dec

Days not published

Book by

Not published

Plan this trip

Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from BC Forest Discovery Centre's website

Our note

This is the one that works for the youngest classes, because most of it happens sitting down indoors with something to make. It only runs in December and books up against the evening Christmas Express events, so ask early.

What the children do

A December program in the historic 1905 schoolhouse about how the Christmas tree has changed over time, from candles to LED lights and from homemade ornaments to glass balls. Each child makes an ornament to take home and the group rides the decorated Christmas Train. The centre says it meets Social Studies and Science learning outcomes for kindergarten to grade 3 and can be customised for high school special needs classes. Price is per student and GST is added on top.

Sit in the old wooden schoolhouse among historically decorated trees, make a Christmas tree ornament to take home, and then ride the decorated Christmas train.

Good to know

Most of this program is indoors in the schoolhouse, with portable washrooms and an outdoor picnic area on site. Bus parking and how many adults have to come are not published.

Sources disagree. Their web page and their printed program brochure give two different email addresses for the same education coordinator. If one bounces, try the other, or ring the office. We use the one from their tours page.

Sources disagree. Their brochure splits the forest programs into two tight grade bands while their web page says the same programs suit kindergarten right up to grade seven. If your class sits outside the narrow bands, say so when you book and ask whether they will adapt it.

Sources disagree. Their brochure says school programs run in May, June and September, while their web page says they run right through the season from Easter to Thanksgiving. Ask for the month you want and see what they say.

Washrooms

Wheelchair accessible portable toilets are on-site whenever the museum is open to the public.

Lunch space

Many of our visitors bring a picnic lunch to enjoy a pleasant break in the picnic area on our lower grounds during their visit. Visitors may leave and re-enter the site.

Rain backup

Needs confirmation

Strollers

Needs confirmation

Wheelchair access

Most main areas of the site are wheelchair accessible, including the main entrance and exhibit hall, the gas and steam trains, antique vehicle building, most heritage buildings, and the main walking trails. A few of the heritage buildings as well as the speeder are not wheel chair accessible at this time.

Bus parking

Designated parking stalls are available for people with mobility disabilities.

Nearby park

Needs confirmation

Restrictions

Only Certified Guide & Service dogs are permitted in our food service areas and on board our trains.. Group rates do not apply for the Halloween Train or the Christmas Express

Getting there

2892 Drinkwater Road, Duncan, BC V9L 6C2

On foot

10 hr 38 min

too far with this group

By bus

3 hr 25 min

includes a 9 min wait

Driving

1 hr 36 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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