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Setchfield Shaw Green Space

August 17, 2015 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Setchfield Shaw Green Space is in the Florence Lake neighborhood of Langford, B.C. There is a seventy five meter long gravel pathway that connects Setchfield Avenue up to Shaw Avenue. This pathway is bordered by wood and rock fences of the neighboring properties and a few blackberry bushes as it zigzags up the slope. A … Continue reading Setchfield Shaw Green Space

Skirt Mountain Lookout Trail

July 6, 2015 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Skirt Mountain is a three hundred and forty two meter high peak near Mount Finlayson, which stands at four hundred and fifteen meters. The trail to the summit follows the proposed route for the Bear Mountain Parkway and roadways for about five kilometers. The route is partially paved yet mostly loose gravel and bedrock. The … Continue reading Skirt Mountain Lookout Trail

Highlands Valley Loop

July 6, 2015 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

The Highlands Valley Loop is a designated cycling trail in the District of the Highlands, B.C. The mountain bicycle trail is accessed from the Bear Mountain Village in Langford, B.C. It is one of several trails intended for training for the Cycling Canada Mountain Bike Team that is also family oriented. This five kilometer loop … Continue reading Highlands Valley Loop

Bear Mountain Parkway Park

June 18, 2015 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

The Bear Mountain Parkway in Langford, B.C., is bordered by several parks. This one, called Bear Mountain Park is across from Player’s Drive. BMP Park is about a half hectare in size with areas of exposed metamorphic bedrock, mosses, lichen and several tall cedar trees. Shrubs like salal, snow berry and oceanspray are also seen … Continue reading Bear Mountain Parkway Park

Skyline Park

June 18, 2015 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Skyline Park is in the Bear Mountain neighborhood of Langford, B.C. The park borders on Bear Mountain Parkway, the main road to the resort and golf course near the summit. This nature park is about one third of a hectare in size and is rectangle shape. The bluff in the park stands at one hundred … Continue reading Skyline Park

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Urban parks and green spaces

Let’s go for a walk

  • Parker Park (Sayward Beach)
  • Fenn Road Beach
  • Cordova Bay Elementary School Green Space
  • Beckton Park
  • Sayward Hill Park
  • Lochside Park
  • Fowler Park
  • Glendale Trail and Green Space
  • Camosun College Interurban Campus Green Spaces
  • Layritz Park
  • Saanich Commonwealth Place Park
  • Normandy Park
  • Royal Oak Middle School Green Space
  • Quick’s Bottom Park Arboretum
  • Thomas Francis/ Freeman King Regional Park

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