The lure of Deep Cove: Become a tourist in your town

This week,On The Coast launched a new feature called Tourist In Your Town, where locals can show off thefavourite parts of their towns.

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For Deep Cove resident SeanEmbury, "The Cove" is a pretty magical place to call home.

Emburysuggests taking ParksidePath near the waterfrontif you want an accessible adventure.

"It's usually a little less crowded, and at one end of ParksidePath, there's a little secret beach."

Embury's been a local booster ever since he moved there,and he has this bit of advice:"I'm telling you, come to Deep Cove in the winter, you'll have it all to yourself."

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As a prairie boy who grew up in Saskatchewan and then spent a few years in Chicago, Emburywas always on the lookout for ski hills and mountain hikes.

When he came to Vancouverin the early 2000s, he remembered the seaside town he saw one summer in his teens.

It soon became home.

All-year residents

The warm summer weather often creates a strange combination of feelings. While wanderlust kicks in, so does the urge to lay low and stay close to home.

The neighbourhood at oneend of the Deep Cove roadwas once home to weekend cottages, but now has many all-year residents.

And in the summer that number swells as people head into town. There's so much to see and do without a trip to the airport.

If you'd like to be a Tourist In Your Town,send an email to onthecoast@cbc.ca

Tell us where you live and let us know where you'd take me if I came to your town.

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With files from CBC Radio One's On The Coast