Walks in Your Back Yard
in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada
Copyright R. Eckard 2017
Thirteen communities form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia in Canada. There are also three electoral areas that are within the CRD: Juan de Fuca, Salt Spring Island and the Southern Gulf Islands. Located on the southern end of Vancouver Island, the hub of this district is the City of Victoria, the capital of the province. This blog describes the parks, playgrounds and green spaces that help form the wonderful urban woodlands within each community.
The Capital Regional District, occupied for over five thousand years, saw a huge population growth in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds that has continued to this day. This area hosts a population of nearly than half a million people.
Southern Vancouver Island is formed by unique and distinct groups or terraces due to the gradual movement of small sections of the earth’s crust. These are sedimentary, metamorphic and volcanic rocks. Some have significant glacial sediments which have been mined for gravel. The bedrocks have been classified in to Wrangellia, Leech River and Colwood collisions that occurred thousands of years ago. Many of the surface rocks show glacial striations from the Fraser Glacial period.
This region of Vancouver Island is in the Coastal Douglas fir zone that is notable for its very dry maritime environment. There are patches of drier areas that Garry oak meadows thrive and damper lands that are home to Coastal Western Hemlock forests.
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Colwood
Salt Spring Island Electoral Area
Southern Gulf Island Electoral Area
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Sources of further information for exploring your backyard:
Map of Vancouver Island Southern end
Map of Vancouver Island Northern end
Popular Day Hike: Vancouver Island
Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants
Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest
Seaside Walks on Vancouver Island
Hiking Trails 1: Southern Vancouver Island and Greater Victoria
Family Hikes and Walks on Vancouver Island
Secret Beaches of Greater Victoria
Flora of Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Explore the Salish Sea: for kids
Coastal Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
Secret Lakes of Southern Vancouver Island
The Flora and Fauna of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest
Plants of the Gulf and San Juan Islands and Southern Vancouver Island (Raincoast Pocket)
Must See Birds of the Salish Sea
Geology of Southern Vancouver Island
Hiking Adventures with Children on Southern Vancouver Island
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