Why Flea and Tick Pressure Is a Particular Issue in New Westminster
New Westminster's Queen's Park urban forest and the Brunette Creek Regional Park trail system are the primary flea and tick introduction points in the city. The mature tree canopy and undergrowth of Queen's Park provide wildlife host movement — raccoons, coyotes, and deer occasionally crossing through — that sustains flea populations in the park vegetation year-round. Dogs using the park's trail network pick up flea hitchhikers on every visit.
Queensborough's unique character as a floodplain island in the Fraser River with adjacent agricultural land means deer move through this area and sustain black-legged tick populations in the grass and brush margins.
Older Queens Park heritage homes with period-appropriate carpeting and tapestries in basement suites carry the harborage conditions that make flea infestations persistent in this construction era.
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