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Parks By Name

Albert Head Lagoon Regional Park

Albert Head Lagoon
Regional Park

This small lagoon serves as a wildlife sanctuary and refuge for a variety of birds. Read more >

Bear Hill Regional Park

Bear Hill Regional Park

Ever popular with hikers and horse riders, Bear Hill Regional Park is known for woodland trails that open onto expansive vistas, and its profusion of wildflowers in the spring. Read more >

gowland pointBrooks Point Regional Park

Located on Pender Island, Brooks Point is an oceanfront park featuring an intertidal rocky shore and beach, meadow and commanding views. Read more >

Coles Bay Regional Park

Coles Bay Regional Park

Coles Bay is a quiet refuge with a protected swimming beach and forest trails suitable for the whole family. Read more >

Devonian Regional Park

Devonian Regional Park

Tucked between Metchosin farmlands, this oceanfront nature sanctuary is home to a wide-variety of birds, especially migrating waterfowl. Read more >

East Sooke Regional Park

East Sooke Regional Park

This West Coast wilderness park awaits adventurers to hike along the windswept rocky coast, over dry hilltops, through dark rainforest to sheltered coves. Read more >

Elk Beaver Lake Regional Park

Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park

This popular recreation area offers outdoor opportunities for everyone. Read more >

Francis King Regional Park

Francis/King Regional Park

This extensively trailed park is an ideal place for visitors of all abilities to explore nature. Trails lead from Francis/King to neighbouring Thetis Lake Park.
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Galloping Goose Regional Trail

Galloping Goose Regional Trail

This picturesque multi-use trail, formerly a railway line, moves through urban, rural and wilderness scenery on its 55 kilometre journey from Victoria to Sooke. Read more >

Gonzales Hill Regional Park

Gonzales Hill Regional Park

This small park offers stunning ocean views from the highest point of land on Vancouver Island's south coast. Read more >

Horth Hill Regional Park

Horth Hill Regional Park

Horth Hill offers panoramic views of Satellite Channel, the Saanich Peninsula, and the Gulf Islands. Read more >

Island View Beach Regional Park

Island View Beach Regional Park

This long, sandy beach is perfect for bird watching, exploring, picnicking and swimming, and features a fragile sand dune area that is home to rare and beautiful plants. Read more >

Lochside Regional Trail

Lochside Regional Trail

Stretching from Swartz Bay to Victoria, past beaches, farmland and wetlands, down country lanes and beside suburban backyards, this converted railway line is a stunning multi-use trail. Read more >

Lone Tree Hill Regional Park

Lone Tree Hill Regional Park

Lone Tree was a "bonsai-like" Douglas fir that greeted hikers at the summit of this hill for more than two centuries. Read more >

Matheson Lake Regional Park

Matheson Lake Regional Park

A neighbour to Roche Cove Regional Park and the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, Matheson Lake is a popular location for hikers, swimmers and fishers. Read more >

Mill Hill Regional Park

Mill Hill Regional Park

Mill Hill is a little known oasis of nature in the Capital Region that hosts cedar wetlands, a Garry Oak ecosystem, spectacular views and wildflowers in the spring. A trail connects Mill Hill to Thetis Lake Park. Read more >

Mount Parke Regional Park

Mount Parke Regional Park

This park boasts the highest viewpoint on Mayne Island, from which hikers can enjoy spectacular vistas of the Gulf Islands and the Lower Mainland. Read more >

Mount Wells Regional Park

Mount Wells Regional Park

Mount Wells is a 123-hectare wilderness park located on the edge of an immense protected area of green space. The park includes challenging hiking trails through rare and endangered ecosystems.
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Mount Work Regional Park

Mount Work Regional Park

One of our largest regional parks, Mount Work includes three lakes, 11 km of hiking trails and a separate mountain-biking area. Read more >

Roche Cove Regional Park

Roche Cove Regional Park

This serene coastal park is perfect for paddling in protected waters or hiking a variety of trails through lush cedar forest. Read more >

Sooke Potholes Regional Park

Sooke Potholes Regional Park

Located on the banks of the spectacular Sooke River, the park is named for the unique pool-like river formations that make enchanting swimming holes. Read more >

Thetis Lake Regional Park

Thetis Lake Regional Park

This regional conservation area was established as Canada's first nature sanctuary in 1958. The popular park offers outdoor activities in a natural setting.
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Witty's Lagoon Regional Park

Witty's Lagoon Regional Park

Forested trails, a species-rich lagoon and a long sandy beach make this park a frequent destination for locals and tourists to our region. Read more >

© Images courtesy of Mary Sanseverino (Lone tree hill) & P.M. Graham (Mount Parke)