Glendale Trail lies in the District of Saanich one of thirteen areas that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This multi-user trail is about seven hundred and fifty meters. It is paved or covered with loose gravel for much of its length. The trail connects at Mann Road, near the junction with Wilkenson, … Continue reading Glendale Trail and Green Space
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Quick’s Bottom Park Arboretum
Quick’s Bottom Park Arboretum lies in the District of Saanich one of thirteen areas that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This wetlands park is almost twenty hectares of green space with a couple of creeks flowing through it. Colquitz River flows from Beaver Lake with the Beaverdale Creek tributary connecting from the … Continue reading Quick’s Bottom Park Arboretum
Calvert Park
Calvert Pond Park is in the District of Saanich, one of thirteen areas that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This ten-hectare parkland lies on the near Prospect Lake and contains a few single-track trails. The Calvert Family donated the land to Saanich. It is a good bird watching area and forest bathing … Continue reading Calvert Park
Quimper Park
Quimper Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Quimper Park is right beside Whiffen Spit Park. Quimper Park is named after Sub-Lt. Manuel Quimper who claimed the land at the entrance of Sooke Harbor for Spain in seventeen ninety. Quimper … Continue reading Quimper Park
Goldstream River Provincial Park
With four hundred and seventy seven hectares to explore, Goldstream River Provincial Park of British Columbia lies within the City of Langford, B.C. The park is about sixteen kilometers north of Victoria, B.C., along the Trans Canada Highway (Hwy1). The highway bisects the park, north to south, as it follows the river bed. As a … Continue reading Goldstream River Provincial Park
David Foster Walkway
David Foster Walkway is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. From Barclay Point, near Rocky Bay, to the Ogden Point breakwater is the David Foster Way. This waterfront pathway along the Inner Harbour of Victoria, B.C., is about five kilometers long. Although, … Continue reading David Foster Walkway
Beacon Hill Park
Beacon Hill Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Beacon Hill Park is on the southern end of Vancouver Island. About two blocks from the Inner Harbour in downtown Victoria, B.C., is Beacon Hill Park with Garry oak meadows, Douglas … Continue reading Beacon Hill Park
Westsong Walkway
Westsong Walkway is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This is a lovely twisting and turn pathway along shoreline that forms the Inner and Middle Harbour of Victoria, B.C. In the Vic West community this pathway is also known as Songhees … Continue reading Westsong Walkway
Point Ellice Park
Point Ellice Park is in the seaside community of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A small point of land that projects into the Upper Harbour of Victoria, BC, is called Point Ellice. It is located in two hectare area called Point Ellice Park in the Victoria … Continue reading Point Ellice Park
Alston Street Green Space
Altston Street Green Space is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. An lovely large Garry oak tree lives in this small triangular grass covered green space in the Victoria West neighborhood of Victoria, BC. While there are several other trees, like a … Continue reading Alston Street Green Space
Walks in Your Backyard 