Matheson Lake Regional Park is partly within the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Matheson Lake Regional Park is 1620 square km area that became a Capital Regional District park in 1993 when it was acquired from the province of British Columbia. The lake is surrounded by … Continue reading Matheson Lake Regional Park
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Gemini Park
Gemini Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This small park provides a connector trail to the Galloping Goose Trail – Metchosin from the constellation neighborhood streets in Metchosin. The trail follows along a ridge in a dense cedar forest. It descends thought the … Continue reading Gemini Park
La Bonne Matheson Lake Trail
La Bonne Matheson Lake Trail is in the coastal community of Metchosin in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Douglas fir and cedar trees provide cover over this trail that lies on the slopes of Matheson Lake. Ferns, mosses, lichen and few smaller plants complete the understory. The rocky trail curves down the hill … Continue reading La Bonne Matheson Lake Trail
La Bonne Trail
La Bonne Trail is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This short trail is composed of narrow strip of land with a rocky trail that leads down to the Galloping Goose Trail - Metchosin in Matheson Lake Regional Park. Over the short two hundred meters … Continue reading La Bonne Trail
Wayne Rock Park
Wayne Road Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This small park is composed of narrow strip of land with a rough trail that leads down to the Galloping Goose Trail and toward Matheson Lake Regional Park. The rock that forms … Continue reading Wayne Rock Park
Buckbrush Swamp Park
Buckbrush Swamp Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The rough well-trodden footpath circles around a small wetlands area and is about five hundred meters long. Sections of the pathway double as a bridle trail while no deer were spotted during my reconnaissance … Continue reading Buckbrush Swamp Park
Blinkhorn Park
Blinkhorn Park is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Blinkhorn Lake forms the center of this parkland while the Mount Blinkhorn lies to the east. Mount Blinkhorn is surrounded by private property thus is not available to the public. These features recognizes the English man … Continue reading Blinkhorn Park
Humpback Sooke Flowline Green Space – Metchosin
The Humpback Sooke Flowline Green Space – Metchosin is in the Sooke Road neighborhood of Metchosin, B.C. This green space is a thirty meter wide right of way with a trail along the top of the one and half meter diameter pipe. The water pipe, which was forty four kilometers long, was disconnected in nineteen … Continue reading Humpback Sooke Flowline Green Space – Metchosin
Pearson College Green Space
Pearson College Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space is on the property of the Lester Bowles Pearson College of the Pacific. It is named after a fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada (1963 to 1968). L.B. Pearson was recipient … Continue reading Pearson College Green Space
Ron Weir Green Space
Ron Weir Green Space is in the District of Metchosin, a coastal community in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Mr. Wier grew up in the Metchosin area since his great grandparents arrived in the mid eight-teen hundreds on the third voyage from Britain of the barque rigged Norman Morison. This trail celebrates his … Continue reading Ron Weir Green Space
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