With four hundred and seventy seven hectares to explore, Goldstream River Provincial Park of British Columbia lies within the City of Langford, B.C. The park is about sixteen kilometers north of Victoria, B.C., along the Trans Canada Highway (Hwy1). The highway bisects the park, north to south, as it follows the river bed. As a … Continue reading Goldstream River Provincial Park
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Pike Road Trail – East Sooke Park
East Sooke Regional Park covers one thousand four hundred and thirty three hectares of Metchosin and East Sooke. Its south border is along the open ocean waters of the Juan de Fuca Strait. The park is in the communities of Metchosin, Sooke and East Sooke which makes it a park of the Capital Regional District … Continue reading Pike Road Trail – East Sooke Park
Copper Mine Park
Copper Mine Park is in the seaside Juan de Fuca Electoral Area and is bordered by Sooke and lies in East Sooke; thus the park is included in the section about Sooke. Both Sooke and the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area are part of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Copper Mine Park … Continue reading Copper Mine Park
Cains Trail – Matheson Lake Park
Cains Trail – Matheson Lake Park is in the seaside Juan de Fuca Electoral Area and is bordered by Sooke and lies in East Sooke. This trail is part of the Matheson Lake Park yet it is included in the section about Sooke. Both Sooke and the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area are part of … Continue reading Cains Trail – Matheson Lake Park
Anderson Cove Park
Anderson Cove Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This park is part of the East Sooke Regional Park and lies on the western side of the park. The parkland includes the about three hundred meters of the high bank … Continue reading Anderson Cove Park
Roche Cove Regional Park
Roche Cove Regional Park is partly within the community of Sooke, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This park also lies with the District of Metchosin. It includes the northwestern slope of Mount Matheson and borders on the Juan de Fuca Electoral District area of East Sooke. Roche Cove Regional Park … Continue reading Roche Cove Regional Park
Galloping Goose Trail – Sooke
The Galloping Goose Regional Trail is a multi-use trail that connects Victoria to Sooke, approximately fifty five kilometers distance. This old rail bed was built during the nineteen twenties for a passenger train. Although it is never far from busy streets, walking, hiking and cycling, as well as sections that include use by equestrians, along … Continue reading Galloping Goose Trail – Sooke
Elliot Square
Elliot Square is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green square is also called Helmcken House. It is located immediately south of Thunderbird Park and east of the Royal British Columbia Museum. It contains the historical eighteen fifty-two home of the … Continue reading Elliot Square
Canadian Coast Guard Green Space
Canadian Coast Guard Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Along a small parking area for the Canadian Coast Guard facility in James Bay, Victoria, B.C. is a small grass covered area with an old buoy. This small green space … Continue reading Canadian Coast Guard Green Space
James Bay Community School Green Space
James Bay Community School Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. With the large sports fields of MacDonald Park on its west side, James Bay Community School Green Space lies along both Oswego Street and Simcoe Street. Built during … Continue reading James Bay Community School Green Space
Walks in Your Backyard 