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Canadian Coast Guard Green Space

May 5, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

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

Heron Street Green Space

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Heron Street Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space is a small area at the base of Heron Street near the HMCS Malahat, the Canadian Naval Reserve training facility. A flag pole surrounded white rocks and a … Continue reading Heron Street Green Space

Canadian Coast Guard Rooftop Garden

May 5, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

The Canadian Coast Guard Rooftop Garden is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The rooftop of one of the buildings for the Canadian Coast Guard facility in James Bay, Victoria, B.C., had a small grass covered area accessed by a pathway lined … Continue reading Canadian Coast Guard Rooftop Garden

James Bay Allotment Garden

May 4, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

The James Bay Allotment Garden is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. It is found on a small one tenth of a hectare area in the James Bay neighborhood of Victoria, B.C. The land is subdivided into fifty-four plots for community use … Continue reading James Bay Allotment Garden

Charles Redfern Park

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Charles Redfern, jeweler and politician, served two terms as mayor for the City of Victoria, B.C., in the eighteen hundreds. Charles Redfern Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This triangle shaped one fifth of a hectare parkland has granite boulder … Continue reading Charles Redfern Park

South Park Elementary School Green Space

May 3, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

South Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. South Park is part of the South Park Elementary School grounds. These two green spaces are divided by Michigan/South Park Street in the City of Victoria, B.C. The southern area forms the play … Continue reading South Park Elementary School Green Space

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

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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

Quadra Park

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Quadra Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Along Belleville Street, near Owsego Street, in downtown Victoria, B.C., is a landscaped park with a statue of an explorer: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Captain Quadra explored the west Coast … Continue reading Quadra Park

Laurel Point Park

May 1, 2019April 29, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Laurel Point Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Watch float planes, harbour and international ferries, power and sailing yachts navigate the sea as you stroll along the southern shore of the Inner Harbour of Victoria, B.C., in Laurel Point … Continue reading Laurel Point Park

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Urban parks and green spaces

Let’s go for a walk

  • 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
  • Normandy Park

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