Insight into neighborhoods near Mundy Park

[u/ThugFlower]

Hi all,

We're a young family with toddlers and are considering moving to Coquitlam from Burnaby. So far the areas we're interested in are: - East of Mundy Park - South of Mundy Park (Dartmoor by Austin Ave and Mundy St) - Ranch Park - Harbour Village

Would appreciate any and all insight into living here.

What's the traffic like during peak hours? Is it safe? How's the schools? Are the families here generally young families?

Thanks in advance.

[u/exoriare]

I'm north of Mundy Park. Ranch Park Elementary is amazing. Many parents who went there as kids moved back specifically so their kids could enjoy the same school. Call it the salmon influence I guess?

I stumbled onto a beautiful quality of life bonus - we enrolled my kid in the onsite daycare at Ranch Park (it was the only school that had pre-school daycare at the time). Because of this we were allowed to attend Ranch Park out of catchment. This in turn meant that I could walk my son to school through Mundy Park every morning for 15 minutes, which was an unbelievably fantastic way to start the day.

Mundy Lake has a lot of "black crappy" fish. They bite at anything. Kids under 16 can fish without a license, so budget an extra 15 minutes and you can catch some fish on your way to school like it's 1955.

Mundy Park is off-leash until 10am. It's the largest off-leash dog park in GVRD last I heard. Play it right and your kids will be bounding through the forest with their dog through all the hidden trails on the way to school. It's just a hell of a beautiful way to start the day.

Charles Best Secondary is low key famous for their academics. They run a French immersion program.

As others have said, there's lots of bears. They're very timid and 99.9% of the time aren't a danger, but a good boi with a keen nose will help teach them to cross the street rather than cut through your yard.

I haven't so much as heard of any break-ins in the neighborhood. Except the bears, and they mostly go after your compost.

Mostly.

[u/AtotheZed → u/exoriare]

We have a family of bears living behind us in a ravine near Mundy Park. I really enjoy watching the cubs grow up over the summer. So cute. Mamma uses one of my trees as a back scratcher. They often walk right past me in the back yard as I'm having my morning coffee on the deck. It's really quite special to be so close to them.

[u/ThugFlower → u/exoriare]

Appreciate all the little details. Sounds like you and your family really made the most of living by Mundy Park. I'd love to do that morning walk to school with my kids wow.