Outdoor Places to Walk, Hike, Run and Explore on Southern Vancouver Island with emphasis on flora and fauna
Hansen Park is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This park is a small wetland area in the Thetis Heights neighborhood of Langford, B.C. The western side of the park has steep slopes while a small shallow aerated lake, Hansen Lake, takes up … Continue reading Hansen Park
Lone Tree Hill Regional Park is in the community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The slopes of Lone Tree Hill Park host a glorious display of wildflowers in spring. The wonderful 360-degree awesome vista from the 364metre summit of Lone Tree Hill is worth … Continue reading Lone Tree Regional Park
Reay Creek Park is in the seaside community of Sidney, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This creekside park is a tranquil oasis in Sidney since its formation in nineteen eighty. Reay Creek is small creek that flows from the southeastern part of the airport property into the … Continue reading Reay Creek Park
St Peter and St Paul’s Anglican Green Space is in the seaside community of Esquimalt, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The green space around the buildings include Garry oak, Douglas fir and balsam fir trees. Several small cedar hedge trees and well as snow berry, ocean … Continue reading St Peter and St Paul Anglican Green Space
Inskip Green Space is in the seaside community of Esquimalt, one of thirteen communities in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Curiously, an inskip is someone who lives near an island and is an alternative spelling to the Old English work ynyscype. This street was named after the naval instructor, Mr Robert Mills Inskip … Continue reading Inskip Green Space
Jeanine Place Green Space is a nature area in the Mill Hill neighborhood of Langford, B.C. This green space is a linear half an hectare area that protects the riparian zone of Mill Stream. There is limited access along its steep forested slopes. Cedarvale Park is immediately upstream and has several picnic tables along the … Continue reading Jeanine Place Green Space
Cedarvale Park is in the Mill Hill neighborhood of Langford, B.C. A section of Mill Stream lies within this parkland which also borders on the Hwy1 and the Selwyn Cedarvale Green Space. Mill Stream, or Millstream Creek as it is often called, is the main waterway in a watershed that starts in the Gowlland Tod … Continue reading Cedarvale Park
Irwin Park is in the Goldstream neighborhood of Langford, B.C. As part of a former campground, this park has wide trails and recovering clearings as well as a couple of ponds, formed with a couple of dams along Parkdale Creek. A gate house, originally from the campground, lies near the western entrance to the park. … Continue reading Irwin Park
The two kilometer pedestrian walkway along McCallum and Leigh roads, south of Florence Lake, connects the north and south neighborhoods of Langford, B.C. The Trans Canada Highway Pedestrian Green Space was formed with the road construction for the Bear Mountain housing projects that created a bridge for pedestrians and vehicles over the highway. The walkway … Continue reading Trans Canada Highway Pedestrian Green Space
Nature’s Gate Park is in the Bear Mountain neighborhood of Langford, B.C. It lies on the northwestern slope of MiniSkirt Mountain which was once three-hundred and eleven meters high. This four hectare parkland is surrounded by residential homes with views of Bear Mountain Golf Resort with Mount Finlayson providing the background to the west. The … Continue reading Nature’s Gate Park
