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Sooke Regional Museum Green Space

July 11, 2019July 10, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Sooke Regional Museum Green Space is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The large red and white light house is the distinct marker of this one and a half hectares green space. The Triangle Island light house was dismantled in nineteen twenty … Continue reading Sooke Regional Museum Green Space

Millstream Bear Mountain Green Space

July 10, 2019July 6, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Millstream Bear Mountain Green Space is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. At the junction of Millstream Road and Bear Mountain Parkway is a small green space. The area has a brick circle and a couple benches with a perimeter of small shrubs … Continue reading Millstream Bear Mountain Green Space

Kapoor Regional Park Reserve

July 10, 2019July 9, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Kapoor Regional Park Reserve is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The twelve and half hectare nature parkland was rehabilitated from the remnants of the mining and logging in the early nineteen hundreds. The town site of Leechtown lies nearby. This parkland … Continue reading Kapoor Regional Park Reserve

Garnet Court Green Space

July 9, 2019July 6, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Garnet Court Green Space is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The forty meter long concrete pathway leads into Setchfield Park, a large nature park in Langford, B.C. Located in the Bear Mountain and Florence Lake neighborhood, Gannet Court Green Space is bordered … Continue reading Garnet Court Green Space

Sooke Potholes Parks

July 9, 2019August 24, 2020 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Sooke Potholes Provincial and Regional Parks are in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located on the southern end of Vancouver Island, the two parks are side-by-side and provide protection and access to the popular summer swimming destination. The provincial park is the … Continue reading Sooke Potholes Parks

Sunshine Park

July 8, 2019July 6, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Sunshine Park is small play area along Sunshine Terrace in Langford, B.C. Sunshine Terrace is a street with seventeen residential homes that were developed in nineteen ninety nine. Located beside the Millstream Shopping Center, Sunshine Park has a large asphalt area with portable hockey goals. A three meter rock wall forms the south border . … Continue reading Sunshine Park

Charters River – Sea to Sea Park

July 6, 2019July 9, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Charters River - Sea to Sea Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Charters River is a tributary of the Sooke River, located on the southern end of Vancouver Island. Shield, Crabapple and Grass lakes flow into Charters River. Lands in … Continue reading Charters River – Sea to Sea Park

Sooke River Regional Park Reserve

July 5, 2019July 4, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Sooke River Regional Park Reserve is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This limited access park reserve was a private property until twenty thousand and sixteen. The Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society has been able to cross the park reserve in order to … Continue reading Sooke River Regional Park Reserve

Kirby Park

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

        Illustration by DL MacPhail Kirby Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The linear park has a three hundred and eight five meter trail along Kirby Road in the Milnes Landing area of Sooke. The multi-user pathway … Continue reading Kirby Park

McCallum Road Park

July 3, 2019June 26, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

McCallum Road Park is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A large Wark gneiss knoll lies along the eastern end of McCallum Road Park near the Millstream Shopping Center in Langford, B.C. Covered with mosses and several small oak and arbutus trees, this … Continue reading McCallum Road Park

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  • 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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