Outdoor Places to Walk, Hike, Run and Explore on Southern Vancouver Island with emphasis on flora and fauna
Arranwood Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This park has a walkway that connects with both Felderhof Park and with the parks along Callumwood Lane. The name of the park commemorates, perhaps, the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The footpath … Continue reading Arranwood Park
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 … Continue reading Sooke Potholes Parks
Selwyn Falls Park is in the Mill Hill neighborhood of Langford, B.C. The landscaped park has a playground on about a five hundred square meter area. There is a slide and climbing apparatus as well as swings set on a pea gravel base. Cedar hedge trees form part of the fence along the south side … Continue reading Selwyn Falls Park
Sunkist Park is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This park is a 0.17 hectare nature area in the Thetis Heights neighborhood of Langford, B.C. It is bordered by fences and cedar hedges of private homes. The south side of the park is … Continue reading Sunkist Park
Shelbourne Street Green Space is in the city of Victoria, B.C., one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Planted as a memorial to British Columbia war veterans in 1921 along Shelbourne Street are many large deciduous trees. At that time Shelbourne Street was a major road leading of Victoria … Continue reading Shelbourne Street Green Space
Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary is in the seaside community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This nature sanctuary is about seventy hectares. It lies on the Millstream watershed and is part of the Earsman Creek tributary. Earsman Creek flows from the slopes of Gowlland Tod and … Continue reading Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary
Woodridge Green Space is in the seaside community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The forested linear green space is at the end of Woodridge Place. The trail connects to Mount Work Regional Park as it forms part of the fire road leading into the … Continue reading Woodridge Green Space
Melville Park is in the seaside community of Sidney, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The park is lies behind the homes along Resthaven and Courser drives. The easement access and paved pedestrian access to the park is a long pathway between the fences of the neighboring … Continue reading Melville Park
Garthland Green Space is in the seaside community of Esquimalt, one of thirteen communities in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A rough wood-chip and gravel pathway leads down to the shoreline of the Gorge Waterway. This area is rather muddy and limited access to the tidal water of Gorge Waterway. It could be … Continue reading Garthland Green Space
Sunny Green Space is a strip of green space in the community of Oak Bay, one of thirteen communities that compose the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space provides access up a steep slope and is about two meters wide. It is about one hundred and fifty meters up the steep … Continue reading Sunny Green Space
