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Centennial Park

May 15, 2021May 12, 2021 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Centennial Park is in the municipality of Central Saanich, one of the thirteen which form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located on the Saanich Peninsula of Vancouver Island, this park hosts a second growth forest of cedar, arbutus and fir trees. At almost twenty hectares there is likely a place for everyone to … Continue reading Centennial Park

Jordan River Regional Park

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

  Jordan River Regional Park is east of the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia and lies in the Juan de Fuca Electoral District of British Columbia. This park is the west coast highway past point-no-point café and motel. The park lines both sides … Continue reading Jordan River Regional Park

Selwyn Falls Park

June 30, 2019June 26, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Selwyn Falls Park is in the Mill Hill neighborhood of Langford, B.C. The landscaped park has a playground on about a five hundred square meter area. There is a slide and climbing apparatus as well as swings set on a pea gravel base. Cedar hedge trees form part of the fence along the south side … Continue reading Selwyn Falls 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

Westsong Walkway

March 27, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Westsong Walkway is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This is a lovely twisting and turn pathway along shoreline that forms the Inner and Middle Harbour of Victoria, B.C. In the Vic West community this pathway is also known as Songhees … Continue reading Westsong Walkway

Caleb Pike Heritage Park

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

Caleb Pike Heritage Park is in the community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Wonderful turn of century buildings are treasured in the Highlands as demonstrated by the historic Caleb Pike Homestead, at 1589 Millstream Road. The homestead housed the family of a farmer in … Continue reading Caleb Pike Heritage Park

Rathdown Park

September 25, 2018September 24, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

  Rathdown Park is in the seaside community of Sidney, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Rathdown Park is an unusual 20-gon or icosagon shaped park in a quiet residential area. The asphalt pedestrian walkway lies along the longest side of the icosagon; about two hundred and seventy … Continue reading Rathdown 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

Selwyn Falls Park

October 15, 2015 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Selwyn Falls Park is in the Mill Hill neighborhood of Langford, B.C. The landscaped park has a playground on about a five hundred square meter area. There is a slide and climbing apparatus as well as swings set on a pea gravel base. Cedar hedge trees form part of the fence along the south side … Continue reading Selwyn Falls 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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