CRD Regional Parks protects and manages more than 13,000 hectares of natural areas in 31 regional parks and three regional trails on southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. The parks system covers southern Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands.
In 2019, our parks received more than 7 million visits. Here are the visitation statistics to the most popular parks:
Regional Park/Trail |
2019 Visits |
Albert Head Lagoon |
77,312 |
Bear Hill |
9,703 |
Brooks Point |
8,685 |
Coles Bay |
33,764 |
Devonian |
64,693 |
E&N Rail Trail |
473,256 |
East Sooke |
208,121 |
Elk/Beaver Lake |
1,587,494 |
Francis/King |
76,550 |
Galloping Goose |
2,103,291 |
Gonzales Hill |
44,921 |
Horth Hill |
96,216 |
Island View Beach |
415,375 |
Jordan River (Sandcut Beach) |
27,649 |
Lochside |
1,239,066 |
Lone Tree Hill |
15,710 |
Matheson Lake |
65,152 |
Mill Hill |
51,913 |
Mount Parke |
12,472 |
Mount Wells |
31,121 |
Mount Work |
196,607 |
Sea to Sea (Harbourview) |
42,389 |
Sooke Hills Wilderness |
9,230 |
Sooke Potholes |
166,795 |
Thetis Lake |
448,918 |
Witty's Lagoon |
98,046 |
Total |
7,604,449 |