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Tag: nature trail

Sunkist Park

June 28, 2019June 26, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

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

Hansen Park

June 27, 2019June 26, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

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

Carmanah Place Green Space

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Carmanah Place Green Space is in the community of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This is a narrow linear area that is about ninety meters long in the Thetis Heights neighborhood of Langford, B.C. There is a gravel pathway that runs the length of the green … Continue reading Carmanah Place Green Space

Millstream Creek Trail

June 24, 2019June 21, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Millstream Creek Trail is in the communities of Langford, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. There are three sections to the Millstream Creek Trail in Langford, B.C. Goldie Trail forms the first section that is starts north of Goldie Park. The second section lies just south of this … Continue reading Millstream Creek Trail

Millstream Creek Park

June 23, 2019June 21, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Millstream Creek Park is along the west bank of Mill Stream 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 hosts several tall cedar trees that border a gravel pathway. Sword ferns, snowberries, Oregon grape and other small shrubs … Continue reading Millstream Creek Park

Billings Spit Green Space

June 23, 2019June 25, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Billings Spit Green Space is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space is on the Sooke River estuary and on Billings Spit.  During the low water periods of the tidal cycle the beach area in enlarged into a wide … Continue reading Billings Spit Green Space

Goldie Trail

June 21, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Goldie Trail is a wide gravel footpath along a reach of Mill Stream in Langford, B.C. Langford is one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Goldie Trail starts fifty meters to the northwest of the playground at Goldie Park. The trail which lies along the east and west side … Continue reading Goldie Trail

Seabroom Park

June 21, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Seabroom Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Seabroom Park is along the shoreline of Sooke Basin Harbour. Lannan Flats are included in this half a hectare parkland. This parkland is surrounded by private property, condominiums and is close to a … Continue reading Seabroom 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

Gourman Park

June 19, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

At almost a hectare in size, the polygonal shaped Gourman Park shares its east border with Thetis Lake Regional Park. It is also shares it perimeter with several single family homes in this Thetis Heights neighborhood of Langford, B.C. There is a trail that connects with the Phelps Road Trail in Thetis Lake Park and … Continue reading Gourman Park

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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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