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Le Quesne Park

March 28, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Le Quesne Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. This small waterfront park has a sign and a wooden arch that marks the gravel pathway. Strolling along the one hundred and thirty meter long pathway brings you to a twenty meter wide section of the lake shore. This area of the lake … Continue reading Le Quesne Park

Guyton Park

March 19, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Guyton Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. The park has a small grass covered area on a ridge near the lake. The down slope is a nature area with no access to the northwestern end of the lake. This area has several small alder trees as well as an arbutus tree … Continue reading Guyton Park

Flute Lane Park

March 19, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Flute Lake Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. This small waterfront park is accessed from a small gravel parking area along Leigh Road. The gravel foot path to the water is about one hundred and thirty meters. Arbutus and Douglas fir trees are found in this park which is surrounded by … Continue reading Flute Lane Park

Lakeshore Place Park

March 14, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Lakeshore Place Park is in the Langford Lake neighborhood of Langford, B.C. This neighborhood park has a basketball half court which doubles as a hockey area as well as grass covered areas to toss a Frisbee around. This park is very wet in the rainy season as it is near the wetlands of Langford Lake. … Continue reading Lakeshore Place Park

Shelby Park

March 7, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Shelby Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. This lakefront park is about a quarter of a hectare in size and has a gravel access to the lake through a grove of Douglas fir, arbutus and cedar trees. The narrow sandy beach has rock wall along the high water level to limit … Continue reading Shelby Park

Centennial Park – Langford

February 29, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Centennial Park is in the downtown area of Langford, B.C. This park is also known as Carlow as well as Kinsmen and Langford Fastball Park. Presumably it was established for the centennial celebration of the formation of the Colony of British Columbia in eighteen fifty-eight. Centennial Park is about three hectares in size. The park … Continue reading Centennial Park – Langford

Knotty Pine Park

February 16, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Knotty Pine Park is in the Langford Lake downtown area of Langford, B.C. Labeled as Crandall Avenue by some cartographers, the linear park contains a gravel pathway that is eighty-five meters long. The pathway connects Rita Road with Knotty Pine Road. An arbutus tree grows along the pathway which is lined with grasses. Centennial Park, … Continue reading Knotty Pine Park

Spencer’s Pond Park

February 16, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Spencer’s Pond Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. The nature park is about half a hectare in size and is a seasonal wetland. The water in the pond can reach a depth of over a meter during the rainy season on Vancouver Island yet become completely dry during summer months. There … Continue reading Spencer’s Pond Park

Porcher Park

January 31, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Porcher Park is in the downtown area of Langford, B.C. Several tall Douglas fir trees form the second growth forest of the parkland which is completely surrounded by residential homes. The access to the park is limited due to the neighboring fences along the homes of Brock Avenue, Strathmore Road, Wren Place and Scafe Road. … Continue reading Porcher Park

Danbrook Park

January 21, 2016 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Danbrook Park is in the downtown area of Langford, BC. This landscaped inner city park has a few trees and open grass covered areas surrounded by private homes, housing complexes and commercial buildings. The three thousand square meter parkland has a sixty meter gravel pathway under the tall Douglas fir and Garry oak trees. Cedar … Continue reading Danbrook Park

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  • McMorran Beach Park
  • Walema-Polson Green Space
  • Agate Park
  • 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
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