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Tag: James Bay

Victoria Harbour Green

May 6, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Victoria Harbour Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The causeway that forms the Victoria Harbour Green along the James Bay shore of the Inner Harbour of Victoria, B.C. is a twinned pathway. It passes around the Tourist Information Building, … Continue reading Victoria Harbour Green

Camel Point Green Space

May 6, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Camel Point Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This is a water front area that hosts the boat ramp and club house for the James Bay Anglers Association in Victoria, B.C. Camel Point is a small projection of the … Continue reading Camel Point Green Space

Heron Street Green Space

May 5, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Heron Street Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space is a small area at the base of Heron Street near the HMCS Malahat, the Canadian Naval Reserve training facility. A flag pole surrounded white rocks and a … Continue reading Heron Street Green Space

James Bay Allotment Garden

May 4, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

The James Bay Allotment Garden is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. It is found on a small one tenth of a hectare area in the James Bay neighborhood of Victoria, B.C. The land is subdivided into fifty-four plots for community use … Continue reading James Bay Allotment Garden

Charles Redfern Park

May 4, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Charles Redfern, jeweler and politician, served two terms as mayor for the City of Victoria, B.C., in the eighteen hundreds. Charles Redfern Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This triangle shaped one fifth of a hectare parkland has granite boulder … Continue reading Charles Redfern Park

South Park Elementary School Green Space

May 3, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

South Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. South Park is part of the South Park Elementary School grounds. These two green spaces are divided by Michigan/South Park Street in the City of Victoria, B.C. The southern area forms the play … Continue reading South Park Elementary School Green Space

Todd Park

May 3, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Tod Park is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This popular site for tennis is partially shaded by black locust and plum trees along Montreal and Niagara Streets. There are three courts with a few of benches along the perimeter chain … Continue reading Todd Park

Earnest Tod Park

May 3, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Ernest Todd Park is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This is a popular playground that is on a partial shaded half hectare in the seaside community of James Bay, Victoria, B.C. The play area was named after Earnest Dain Todd, … Continue reading Earnest Tod Park

MacDonald Park

May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

MacDonald Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Designed for outdoor sports like baseball, soccer and rugby, the grass fields in MacDonald Park cover about three and a third hectares. Macdonald Park was formed from the large estate and home of … Continue reading MacDonald Park

Ogden Point Breakwater Walkway

May 2, 2019May 1, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Enjoy the refreshing and unhindered view of the Salish Sea and the Olympic Mountains in Washington State from the unique three meter wide walkway along the breakwater of Ogden Point. Ogden Point Breakwater Walkway is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This … Continue reading Ogden Point Breakwater Walkway

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  • 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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