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Blue Grouse Plateau Park

August 4, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

Blue Grouse Plateau Park is in the Bear Mountain neighborhood of Langford, BC. The park is about one and half hectares in size with steep terrain. The trail into the park is accessed along the gravel trail near the storm water collection ponds. The trail continues into the park which is formed and protects part … Continue reading Blue Grouse Plateau Park

Goldie Park

June 20, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Goldie Park is in the Thetis Heights neighborhood of Langford, B.C. Langford is one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The park is about half a hectare in size with a playground that was built with support from the Kinsmen Club in the year two thousand. The play area … Continue reading Goldie Park

Haley Rae Place Park

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Haley Rae Place Park is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A gravel seventy meter long pedestrian pathway connects Haley Rae Place with Thetis Lake Park and trails in Langford , B.C. The pathway is bordered by wood fences on both sides. The … Continue reading Haley Rae Place Park

Topaz Park

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

This is the huge grass covered parkland seen from Blanchard Street sort of close to Mayfair Shopping Center. Topaz Park has almost ten hectares of outdoor space for kids of all ages to hang out or play organized sports. The fenced artificial turf soccer field fills the lower northern section of the park. Its referred … Continue reading Topaz Park

Thetis Lake Scafe Hill Park

December 27, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

Thetis Lake-Scafe Hill-Park is in the seaside community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Thetis Lake Park is a regional parkland that encompasses several hills including Scafe Hill and Stewart Mountain. The northern part of the eight hundred and thirty three hectare parkland resides in … Continue reading Thetis Lake Scafe Hill Park

Reay Creek Park

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

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

Bevan Oakville Green Space

October 27, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Bevan Oakville Green Space is in the seaside community of Sidney, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia.  This green space contains a pedestrian walkway that connects Bevan Avenue to Oakville Avenue and Eighth Street. It lies near the Winspear Conference Center which hosts a large grass covered area … Continue reading Bevan Oakville Green Space

Uplands Park

November 11, 2017 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Uplands Park is in the seaside community of Oak Bay part of the Capital Regional District in British Columbia. At thirty and half hectares this is one of larger parks in Oak Bay. In 1912 the Uplands Park was laid out as part of the Garden Uplands Estates development plans.  In 1946, the land was … Continue reading Uplands Park

Kendal Green Space

November 4, 2017 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Kendal Green Space is in the seaside community of Oak Bay, one of the thirteen regions in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The hundred meter long asphalt pathway leads between homes 2024 and 2016. The pathway is bordered by the fences of the neighboring homes and shaded by fir and pine trees. It … Continue reading Kendal Green Space

Pearson College Green Space

March 27, 2017 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Pearson College Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space is on the property of the Lester Bowles Pearson College of the Pacific. It is named after a fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada (1963 to 1968).  L.B. Pearson was recipient … Continue reading Pearson College Green Space

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Urban parks and green spaces

Let’s go for a walk

  • 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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