Parkgate

Parkgate is one of the neighbourhoods in the District's Seymour community, which the District calls family-oriented and home to the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Its centre is the plaza where Mount Seymour Road leaves Mount Seymour Parkway and starts the climb to the provincial park. Shoppers Drug Mart calls the place Parkgate Shopping Centre and keeps a Canada Post counter at 3650 Mount Seymour Parkway. A Safeway and a COBS Bread bakery share the block, so this is the place to stock up before a day on the mountain.

In winter the Mt Seymour shuttle bus loads in front of Parkgate Community Centre and the library, and a return seat cost $10 in the 2025/26 season, bought online before boarding. When we read the resort's page on 16 October 2026 it said the 2026/27 schedule would come later in the year. Shuttle riders may not park at the mall, the library, the community centre or the lots by Rupert Station, and the resort points them to Banff Court, Indian River Road, Anne MacDonald Way and Parkgate Park, where parking runs from 7 am to 6 pm. Some buses come from a third-party operator that bars ski boots on board, so wear shoes for the ride.

The same library lot serves Deep Cove Stage's matinee shuttle, which leaves at 1:30 pm from the north lot off Banff Court for $7, bought with your theatre ticket. It seats 21 and brings you back after the show, which saves a parking hunt in Deep Cove on a busy afternoon. The theatre notes that the bus isn't wheelchair accessible. By car the village is about five minutes east in light traffic.

Quick food in the plaza comes mostly from chains such as A&W and Subway. For a sit-down meal or a coffee with a view, carry on to Gallant Avenue in Deep Cove, where Honey Doughnuts and Arms Reach Bistro sit close to the water. The 211 from downtown Vancouver stops on Mount Seymour Parkway at Parkgate Avenue on its way there, and the 215 from Phibbs Exchange turns up Mount Seymour Road to Indian River Drive. To reach the ski area without a car, take the winter shuttle.