Outdoor Places to Walk, Hike, Run and Explore on Southern Vancouver Island with emphasis on flora and fauna
Elliot Square is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green square is also called Helmcken House. It is located immediately south of Thunderbird Park and east of the Royal British Columbia Museum. It contains the historical eighteen fifty-two home of the … Continue reading Elliot Square
Quadra Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Along Belleville Street, near Owsego Street, in downtown Victoria, B.C., is a landscaped park with a statue of an explorer: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Captain Quadra explored the west Coast … Continue reading Quadra Park
St Ann's Academy Gardens and green space is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Apple, pear and plum trees as well as goose berry bushes form part of the Orchard on the eastern side of the St. Ann’s Academy Gardens. This … Continue reading St Ann’s Academy Gardens
Built in eighteen eighty nine, the Royal Jubilee Hospital has a several terrific places to explore nature and the outdoors. The landscaping of the grounds has created isolated and discrete open spaces that are connect by a maze of paved walkways and sidewalks. As you are likely to get lost exploring the outdoor spaces at … Continue reading Royal Jubilee Hospital Green Space Courtyard Garden
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
Midland Circle Green Space is located in the seaside community of Oak Bay, part of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space was formed in earlier nineteen hundreds as part of the terminus of the streetcar to provide access to the Uplands Farm Estates. The asphalt covers the railway bed that formed … Continue reading Midland Circle Green Space
