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Mount Douglas Park
At 450 acres, Mount Douglas (or Mt. Doug to the locals) is the largest park in Saanich. Saanich is a municipality located just north of Victoria. This municipal park features [...]
Port Alberni’s Hole in the Wall
There are many beautiful scenes to be found across Vancouver Island. The Island’s rainforests, rivers, and streams commonly set the backdrop for this natural beauty, but in Port Alberni, the [...]
Goldstream Provincial Park
Goldstream Provincial Park is a popular location just outside of Victoria. It gets particularly busy during in the fall when the salmon spawn and, of course, in the summer [...]
Clover Point
Clover Point is a small urban park just beyond downtown Victoria. It lies adjacent to the ever-popular Beacon Hill and to Holland park.
All year round, Clover Point is a [...]
Mount Tolmie Park
Mount Tolmie is a smaller urban park located in Saanich near Victoria on Vancouver Island.
The park features a unique meadow of Garry Oaks that offers a wonderful view for [...]
Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park
Lac le Jeune Provincial Park is located between interior towns Merritt and Kamloops. It is home to a variety of wildlife that includes Mule Deer, moose, beaver, songbirds and waterfowl. [...]
French Beach Provincial Park
French Beach Provincial Park lies about an hour away from Victoria along the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. It boasts a stunning 1.6-kilometre of beach on the scenic Straight [...]
Sandcut Beach
Sandcut Beach lies about six kilometers east of Jordan River along West Coast Road. It is not marked in any way, so it can be difficult to find for [...]
Sheringham Point Lighthouse
West of Sooke, near the small community of Shirley, the Sheringham Point Lighthouse marks the southern coast of Vancouver Island. The historic structure was originally built in 1912 [...]
Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park
Little Qualicum Falls is a popular park located on Vancouver Island between Parksville and Port Alberni. The 440 hectare park was created in 1940 as part of an effort to [...]
Cattle Point
Cattle Point is a small park situated in Victoria. As the name suggests, it was originally used to unload cattle bound for Uplands farm. It doesn’t see many barges [...]
