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Victoria: Greater Victoria area
parks
Beacon Hill Park is one of downtown
Victoria's crown jewels. The 200 acres was officially established as
a park in 1882, after being set aside in 1858 by James Douglas,
governor of Vancouver Island. Beacon Hill Park was named after a
pair of masts strategically placed on a hill to act as a beacon and
navigational aid to mariners approaching Victoria's inner harbour ...
more about Beacon Hill Park
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Just 17 kilometres from downtown
Victoria, Goldstream Provincial Park lies amid the splendour of an
old-growth temperate rain forest. There you can see a world class
salmon-spawning stream with thousands of Chum Salmon returning
between October and December. It doesn't stop there. During this
amazing time of year you can visit the park and it's always-changing
Visitor Centre. The centre is named after Freeman King, an early
naturalist who probably reached more children than any other
naturalist on Vancouver Island ...
more about Goldstream
Provincial Park . . .
The story of Hatley Park,
re-christened Royal Roads from the offshore anchorage in the Juan de
Fuca Strait, has it beginnings in the singleness of purpose and
dogged determination of one man. No history of the estate would be
complete without some mention of the man in whose mind Hatley Park
was conceived and through whose efforts the lands were assembled and
the buildings constructed ... more
about Hatley Park . . .
West Coast wilderness awaits you at East Sooke Regional Park. Experience it as you hike along the windswept rocky coast, over dry hilltops, through dark rain forest to sheltered coves.
East Sooke is the largest CRD Park, encompassing 1422 hectares (3512 acres) of natural and protected coastal landscape. In this Wilderness Recreation Park, you’ll experience solitude and harmony with nature in a par untouched by urban progress
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more about East Sooke
Regional Park . . .
Part of the Trans Canada Trail which traverses Canada, the Galloping Goose and Peninsula Trails form one of the most picturesque trail systems in Canada.
Built upon the abandoned rail beds and trestles of that railway legacy, the Galloping Goose and Peninsula Trails connect our transportation past with our transportation future.
You can travel for nearly 60 kilometres on the Galloping Goose Regional Trail. You can cycle, walk, or ride a horse along this former rail line past some of B.C.’s finest scenery
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more about the
Galloping Goose Trail . . .
This 59 hectare park along the spectacular Strait of Juan de Fuca offers beautiful trails, whale watching, secluded campsites and waterfront picnic areas. Situated on the straits of Juan de Fuca. This 59 hectare park is situated on the Strait of Juan de Fuca 5 km east of Jordan River. Beautiful hiking trails lead you through second growth forest of Douglas fir, Ditka spruce, western hemlock and western red cedar to the beach. You will also find salal, Oregon grape, and evergreen huckleberries, and a large variety of ferns along the trails
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more about French Beach
Park . . .
The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail
is a 47 kilometre hiking trail stretching along the western
shoreline of southern Vancouver Island, Canada, from China Beach, just west of the community of Jordan River and extending to Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew.
The trail offers scenic beauty, spectacular hiking, wildlife viewing, and roaring surf in its course along the Pacific coastline of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Most of the trail is designed for strenuous day or multi-day hiking in this rugged and isolated area. Some easy to moderate day hiking opportunities to the beach or along the trail are available
starting from the trail heads at
China
Beach,
Sombrio Beach,
Parkinson Creek, and
Botanical
Beach.
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