Celebrate Life's Adventures

Celebrate Life's Adventures Tazim Damji is the creator of Celebrate Life’s Adventures—travel guides where culture and landscape meet at an intentional pace. Based in Vancouver, Canada.

She helps values-driven, nature-minded travellers plan meaningful road trips and getaways. All about celebrating life's adventures: big and small. Topics: food, travel, self-care, & DIY.

06/06/2026

Would this scare you?

We were visited by the New Westmonster in New Westminster during a tour…I wish I’d taken my photo with him!

I can’t believe it’s here this week…after all the build up! Is anyone a soccer fan? ⚽️🥅🏟️
06/06/2026

I can’t believe it’s here this week…after all the build up! Is anyone a soccer fan? ⚽️🥅🏟️

Stand outside Mel’s cabin from Virgin River…then find out where the Cylons had a standoff. All in one afternoon on Vanco...
06/06/2026

Stand outside Mel’s cabin from Virgin River…then find out where the Cylons had a standoff. All in one afternoon on Vancouver’s North Shore.

I did this tour with Cameron Gardner from Angus Films as part of a Cineventure film tourism experience hosted by . Brian from and Gerardo from joined us too.

Murdo Frazer Park

The caretaker’s cabin is Mel’s home from Virgin River. The exterior is real. The interiors were shot on a studio lot.

Also filmed here:

• Once Upon a Time
• Supernatural
• The Flash
• MacGyver
• Stargate SG-1
• Nancy Drew
• Siren
• Travelers
• A Dog’s Way Home

It averages more than 12 productions a year.

Cleveland Dam and Capilano River Regional Park

The dam walkway, the bridge, the reservoir, the landing area below - all on screen.

Filmed here:

• Virgin River
• Battlestar Galactica
• Tracker
• Supernatural
• Smallville
• The Flash
• Dark Angel

Standing at the reservoir with the Two Sisters peaks behind it, Cameron pointed out exactly where a BSG scene was shot. I could see those same peaks from my window when I lived here for 10 years.

Comment VNS and I’ll send you my full Vancouver’s North Shore filming locations guide.

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Thank you to for hosting. Guide: Cameron Gardner from Angus Films.

Which of these productions would make you want to visit - are you Team Virgin River or Team Battlestar Galactica?



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06/06/2026

Hudson Williams ran out this exact door and jumped into a car.

Supinder Wraich () from Allegiance just casually walking us through it like it’s not a big deal to fans!

I was not prepared for how much I would enjoy standing in that exact spot.

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Allegiance CBC | Surrey filming locations | Hudson Williams | Supinder Wraich | Canadian drama

06/05/2026

She starred in a CBC show filmed right here and someone thought she was actually a cop.

Supinder Wraich took us behind the scenes at Surrey Civic Centre and shared what happened when her Allegiance season one costume was a little too convincing.

Watch this. Then go find the show on

📍Surrey Civic Centre, Surrey BC



You might be surprised to learn that Riverdale, Superman & Lois, Supernatural, The Flash, Batwoman, and Percy Jackson we...
06/05/2026

You might be surprised to learn that Riverdale, Superman & Lois, Supernatural, The Flash, Batwoman, and Percy Jackson were all filmed in Surrey, BC.

And the CBC series Allegiance is set here too - not doubling as somewhere else, but actually named as Surrey, filmed as Surrey. Season 4 is filming this summer.

I got a behind-the-scenes tour of the civic centre filming locations with Supinder Wraich, who plays a detective in the show.

Here’s where to start if you’re planning your own self-guided tour.

📍 Surrey City Hall, Civic Plaza, and City Centre Library

The Flash
Batwoman
Skyscraper
The Unforgivable
Altered Carbon
Supergirl
Superman & Lois
Allegiance (Hudson Williams also filmed an episode here)

📍 Holland Park

Percy Jackson

📍 Green Timbers Urban Forest

The Magicians
Supernatural
Allegiance

If you want to make a full day of it, stay overnight at the Civic Hotel, Autograph Collection (), right in Surrey City Centre. Dinner at Dominion Bar + Kitchen () on the lobby level is a great way to end the day.

Spent a day in Burnaby recently doing a proper filming locations route, and I keep thinking about how much most people m...
06/04/2026

Spent a day in Burnaby recently doing a proper filming locations route, and I keep thinking about how much most people miss by treating it as a pass-through.

The 1920s main street at Burnaby Village Museum is the kind of place where you start recognising things before you can place why. Yellowjackets, Supernatural, When Calls the Heart, IT (1990) all filmed there. Walk it slowly and it clicks.

Deer Lake Park is right next door and free to visit. Quiet boardwalk, dense tree cover, lake views. Not what you expect from a place that close to Vancouver.

Has anyone else done a film tourism day trip in BC? Curious which spots people have actually gone out of their way for.

Most people take the SkyTrain through New Westminster without a second thought. That's a mistake.This city has stood in ...
06/03/2026

Most people take the SkyTrain through New Westminster without a second thought. That's a mistake.

This city has stood in for San Francisco, Japan, New York, and the St. Louis riverfront in major productions. The brick corridor on Front Street has so much texture that productions can dress it in almost any direction. Godzilla used it as two different countries in the same film.

The Paramount Theatre on Columbia Street has been there since the early 1900s and still shows up on screen regularly. Anvil Centre looks like a civic building from the outside.

Inside, that glass atrium and those wide staircases have become a sci-fi headquarters, a New York office tower, and a hospital in different productions.
What makes New Westminster work for film crews is that it doesn't look like BC. It has bones that can become almost anything.

✨ If you go:

- Exit New Westminster Station onto Columbia Street. The whole route runs downhill to the Fraser River and is fully walkable from the station
- Start at Anvil Centre, then walk west along Columbia Street to the Paramount Theatre
- Head downhill to Front Street and take your time in the Antique Alley corridor. This is the most filmed stretch
- Finish at Westminster Pier Park on the waterfront. Allow three to four hours total at a relaxed pace

No car needed. 25 minutes on the Expo Line from Vancouver.

Would you do a day trip to explore filming locations, or is that too niche for you?

Most people drive through Burnaby without stopping. I used to do the same thing.Turns out Burnaby has one of the most-fi...
05/31/2026

Most people drive through Burnaby without stopping. I used to do the same thing.

Turns out Burnaby has one of the most-filmed heritage streetscapes in BC, a lakeside park that's appeared in Yellowjackets, The X-Files, and Virgin River, and a hotel lobby with its own screen credits. All within a manageable day trip from Vancouver.

The centrepiece is Burnaby Village Museum. It's a preserved 1920s main street with hand-painted storefronts and period details that production crews have used to stand in for small towns across North America.

IT (1990), Supernatural, When Calls the Heart, and more have all been filmed here. Walk it slowly. The details are the point.

Deer Lake Park sits right next door and adds a completely different atmosphere.

The boardwalk along the water is quiet, tree-covered, and looks nothing like a suburb. Yellowjackets filmed here. So did The X-Files. It makes sense when you're standing in it.

✨ If you go:

- Allow at least 90 minutes at Burnaby Village Museum, more if you want to ride the 1912 carousel or explore the interurban tram
Deer Lake Park is free and easy to combine with the museum on foot

- Wild Flour Pizza Co. on Bainbridge Ave is worth stopping for lunch, great vegan options

- The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is right next to the park if She's the Man means anything to you

This works well as a standalone day trip from Vancouver or as a first stop before heading further into the Lower Mainland.

It's not the right day if you want somewhere remote or completely outdoors, but if you want heritage, film history, and a bit of nature without a long drive, Burnaby holds up.

Have you ever visited a place specifically because it was filmed there, and found it was worth it for its own reasons too?

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