Outdoor Places to Walk, Hike, Run and Explore on Southern Vancouver Island with emphasis on flora and fauna
Cains Family Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A wooden staircase leads down the steep slope the rock and mud shoreline of Sooke Harbor. Richard Cain, senior, settled in Sooke in the eighteen hundred and ninety. He raised a family … Continue reading Cains Family Park
Church Hill Meadows Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The quarter of an hectare parkland is a landscaped storm water pond. A pond, well enclosed with small shrubs and bushes is surrounded by a grass covered area with landscape trees … Continue reading Church Hill Meadows Park
Helgesen Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This small park has a rough walkway to Felderhof Road. The park is mostly grass covered with a few trees. Both the road and parkland are named for Christian Helgesen, an entrepreneur … Continue reading Helgesen Park
Sunriver Nature Trail Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Bordering on the Sooke River, the eleven hectare Sunriver Nature Trail Park hosts a couple of kilometers of trail through the tall cedar, fir and hemlock forest. Incredibly, a few … Continue reading Sunriver Nature Trail Park
Riverstone Drive Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Covering about half a hectare, Riverstone Drive Park is bordered by houses in the Sunriver neighborhood. This nature park has a walking trail along its perimeter. It is fenced with a black … Continue reading Riverstone Drive Park
Driftwood Ponds Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located in the Sunriver Estates neighborhood, Driftwood Ponds Park is a small nature park with a walking trail. The nature trail is about one hundred meters long and composed of gravel. … Continue reading Driftwood Ponds Park
Painter Pond Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A nature trail and a small pond surrounded by trees from Painter Pond Park. There are two footpaths in to this park. The main trail lead to Sunriver Place while a shorter … Continue reading Painter Pond Park
Setchfield Park is nature park with walking trails in the Bear Mountain and Florence Lake neighborhood of Langford, B.C. Tall cedar, big leaf maple and Douglas fir trees are found in this second growth forest. Several old stumps that support large trees can be seen along the four hundred meter long loop trail. Salal and … Continue reading Setchfield Park
DeMamiel Creek Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Stretched over two kilometers along the creek sides the DeMamiel Creek, this park hosts a series of pleasant urban trails in the Sunriver neighborhood. DeMamiel Creek is named after an adventurous … Continue reading DeMamiel Creek Park
A small forested oasis forms Deerview Park in the Bear Mountain neighborhood of Langford, B.C. With a view point to the southeast, a bench provides a place to rest near the intersection of Spirit Ridge Drive and Deerview Place. The park is partially landscaped with grass and several trees. In behind the bench is a … Continue reading Deerview Park
