The Humpback Sooke Flowline Green Space – Metchosin is in the Sooke Road neighborhood of Metchosin, B.C. This green space is a thirty meter wide right of way with a trail along the top of the one and half meter diameter pipe. The water pipe, which was forty four kilometers long, was disconnected in nineteen … Continue reading Humpback Sooke Flowline Green Space – Metchosin
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Pearson College Green Space
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
Sandgate Green Space
Sandgate Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located on the edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sandgate Green Space leads to a long sandy beach with various names such as Weir Beach, Taylor Beach or Parry Beach. The green space … Continue reading Sandgate Green Space
Devonian Regional Park
Devonian Regional Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This ocean front park was acquired from the Devonian Foundation Alberta, formed by the lawyer, oil man and philanthropic Eric Harvie, and the provincial government in 1980. It is one hundred and thirty five square … Continue reading Devonian Regional Park
Lombard Green Space
Lombard Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Lombard Green Space hosts forty-four Lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra x trichocarpa ) that were planted in the late eighteen hundreds. These trees were planted in 1877 by Mr. Hans Lars Helgesen along the drive … Continue reading Lombard Green Space
Taylor Green Space
Taylor Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located on the edge of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Taylor Beach is rock and cobble beach. It is between Witty’s Lagoon Regional Park and Devonian Regional Park. Mitchell Park with Seabluff Trail and Madrill … Continue reading Taylor Green Space
Mitchell Park with Seabluff Trail
Mitchel Park with Seabluff Trail is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Long time Metchosin residents, Geoff and B.H. Mitchell donated the narrow strip of land to form Mitchell Park. The park hosts a grass and dirt trail through an active grazing field and a … Continue reading Mitchell Park with Seabluff Trail
St Marys’ Green Space
The grounds of Saint Marys’ are two separate green spaces that host buildings of the third oldest Anglican congregation on Vancouver Island. Located in Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District, St Marys' Church heritage site, at 4354, was created in the late eighteen seventies. It is used mainly for periodic events. The newer … Continue reading St Marys’ Green Space
Metchosin Bike Park
The Metchosin Bike Park is in Metchosin, B.C. The park hosts a small circuit with several dirt jumps around the garry oak trees in the parkland. The firehall forms the north side of this park. A small grass field forms the south side of the park. The Metchosin Riding Ring, the cricket park, Metchosin … Continue reading Metchosin Bike Park
Metchosin Cricket Park
The Metchosin Cricket Park is in Metchosin, B.C. The park has a grass cricket field with the hard packed cricket pitch in the center. A cedar hedge forms the western and southern perimeters of the field. A rough roadway is found on the northern side. A gazebo provides a good view point and is … Continue reading Metchosin Cricket Park
Walks in Your Backyard 