Eleanor Mann Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This forested area was selectively logged in the mid nineteen hundreds and continues to support cedar, Douglas fir and arbutus trees. Salal, ferns, mosses and lichen form part of the understory. The Mann family business, … Continue reading Eleanor Mann Park
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Buckbrush Swamp Park
Buckbrush Swamp Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The rough well-trodden footpath circles around a small wetlands area and is about five hundred meters long. Sections of the pathway double as a bridle trail while no deer were spotted during my reconnaissance … Continue reading Buckbrush Swamp Park
Devonian Regional Park
Devonian Regional Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This ocean front park was acquired from the Devonian Foundation Alberta, formed by the lawyer, oil man and philanthropic Eric Harvie, and the provincial government in 1980. It is one hundred and thirty five square … Continue reading Devonian Regional Park
Lombard Green Space
Lombard Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Lombard Green Space hosts forty-four Lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra x trichocarpa ) that were planted in the late eighteen hundreds. These trees were planted in 1877 by Mr. Hans Lars Helgesen along the drive … Continue reading Lombard Green Space
Rocky Point Road Green Space
Rocky Point Road Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The bridle and pedestrian trail borders along north side of roadway and is one of many such roadside trails in this community. The dirt and gravel footpath is about one thousand meters long and … Continue reading Rocky Point Road Green Space
Walks in Your Backyard 