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THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
CRD Parks in Brief
CRD Parks protects and manages more
than 10,000 hectares of spectacular and
easily accessible natural areas in 30 Capital Regional District Parks
regional parks and trails on southern Total Size: 10,518 hectares
Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Number of regional parks: 28
Your regional parks and trails. Number of regional trails: 2
Your natural heritage. Established: 1966
Largest park: Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park
Reserve (4,103 hectares)
Smallest park: Gonzales Hill Regional Park (1.8 hectares)
Highest park: Mount Braden, Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional
Park Reserve (471 m)
Northern-most park: Matthews Point Regional Park Reserve
Eastern-most park: East Point Regional Park
Southern-most park: East Sooke Regional Park
Western-most park: Kapoor Regional Park Reserve
1. Albert Head Lagoon Established: 1997
Features: salmon spawning stream with estuary
Regional Park
foreshore area.
Size: 7.1 hectares
Location: Delgada Road in Metchosin
Classification: regional conservation area
3. Bear Hill Regional Park
Activities: birdwatching Size: 49 hectares
Facilities: parking Location: Bear Hill Road in Saanich
Established: 1978 Classification: regional natural area
Features: small lagoon with cobble beach; Activities: hiking, horse riding
wildlife sanctuary and bird refuge; views of Facilities: parking, trails
Victoria and the distant Olympic Mountains. Established: 1970
Open hours: 7 am to sunset Features: hilltop (220 m) with forested trails;
spring wildflower display; views of the Saanich
Peninsula and Haro Strait.
2. Ayum Creek
Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Regional Park Reserve
Size: 6.4 hectares 4. Brooks Point
Location: Sooke
Classification: park reserve
Regional Park Reserve
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas Size: 4.7 hectares
set aside for future park use.) Location: South Pender Island
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Classification: park reserve Location: East Sooke Road in East Sooke
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas Classification: regional wilderness area
set aside for future park use.) Activities: hiking, birdwatching, picnicking,
Established: 2000 scuba diving
Features: coastal headland and intertidal rocky Facilities: parking, trails (50 km), pit toilets,
shore; sheltered beach; mixed woodland. picnic tables, picnic shelter
Established: 1970
5. Coles Bay Regional Park Features: wilderness hiking; ten km of coastline
trail past pocket beaches and rocky bays; views
Size: 3.6 hectares
of Juan de Fuca Strait.
Location: Inverness Road in North Saanich
Open hours: 8 am to sunset
Classification: regional natural area
Activities: birdwatching, hiking
Facilities: trails, parking, picnic tables, group 9. Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park
picnic area, pit toilets Size: 443 hectares
Established: 1966 Location: Patricia Bay Highway (#17) in Saanich
Features: creek through western red cedar Classification: regional recreation area
forest; sheltered beach facing Saanich Inlet. Activities: hiking, cycling, swimming, horse
Open hours: sunrise to sunset riding, birdwatching, canoeing, kayaking, sail
boarding, rowing, water skiing, boating, fishing
6. Devonian Regional Park Facilities: parking, trails, toilets, swimming
beaches, concessions, playgrounds, accessible
Size: 16 hectares
boat launch, accessible fishing float, picnic
Location: William Head Road in Metchosin
tables, picnic shelters
Classification: regional natural area
Established: 1966
Activities: hiking, horse riding, birdwatching
Features: large freshwater lake surrounded
Facilities: parking, trails, picnic tables, pit
by mixed forest, wet lowlands, beaches and
toilets
waterfowl sanctuary; popular recreation area.
Established: 1980
Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Features: nature sanctuary with mixed woodland
and a winding creek; cobble beach; views of
Juan de Fuca Strait. 10. Francis/King Regional Park
Open hours: sunrise to sunset Size: 107 hectares
Location: Munn Road in Saanich
7. East Point Regional Park Classification: regional conservation area
Activities: hiking, birdwatching, horse riding
Size: 5.6 hectares
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets, nature
Location: Saturna Island
centre, picnic tables
Classification: regional natural area
Established: 1979
Activities: hiking
Features: forested trails; staffed nature centre;
Facilities: parking, toilets
accessible interpretive trail.
Established: 1996
Open hours: 8 am – 9 pm (April to October);
Features: former lighthouse property with views
8 am – 5 pm (October to April)
of the Strait of Georgia.
Open hours: sunrise to sunset
11. Galloping Goose
8. East Sooke Regional Park Regional Trail
Size: 1,435 hectares Length: 55 km
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Location: Sooke, Metchosin, Colwood, Langford, Established: 1966
View Royal, Saanich, Victoria Features: long sandy beach; fragile sand dune
Classification: regional trail ecosystem; views of Haro Strait and San Juan
Activities: hiking, cycling, horse riding, in-line Islands.
skating Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Facilities: parking, pit toilets
Established: 1987 15. Kapoor Regional Park
Features: multi-use trail, formerly a rail line;
Reserve
travels through urban, rural and wilderness
landscapes. Size: 14 hectares
Open hours: sunrise to sunset Location: Juan de Fuca Electoral Area
Classification: park reserve
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas
12. Gonzales Hill Regional Park set aside for future park use.)
Size: 1.8 hectares Established: 1999
Location: Denison Road in Victoria/Oak Bay Features: forested landscape beside the Sooke
Classification: regional natural area River.
Activities: hiking
Facilities: parking
16. Lochside Regional Trail
Established: 1992
Features: heritage-designated Gonzales Length: 29 km
Observatory (no public access); rocky knoll Location: Saanich, Central Saanich, Sidney,
(66 m) with outstanding views. North Saanich
Open hours: sunrise to sunset Classification: regional trail
Activities: hiking, cycling, horse riding, in-line
13. Horth Hill Regional Park skating
Facilities: parking
Size: 36 hectares
Established: 2001
Location: Tatlow Road in North Saanich
Features: multi-use trail, formerly a rail line;
Classification: regional natural area
travels through urban landscapes and working
Activities: hiking, birdwatching, horse riding
agricultural areas.
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets
Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Established: 1966
Features: hilltop park (136 m) with views of
Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands; spring 17. Lone Tree Hill Regional Park
wildflower display. Size: 32 hectares
Open hours: sunrise to sunset Location : Millstream Road in the Highlands
Classification: regional natural area
14. Island View Beach Activities: hiking, birdwatching
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets
Regional Park Established: 1982
Size: 42 hectares Features: hilltop park (364 m) with views of
Location: Island View Road in Central Saanich Victoria and the Olympic Mountains; spring
Classification: regional conservation area wildflower display.
Activities: hiking, birdwatching, swimming, Open hours: sunrise to sunset
boating
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets, picnic
tables, boat launch
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18. Matheson Lake Activities: hiking
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets, picnic
Regional Park
table
Size: 157 hectares Established: 1981
Location: Matheson Lake Park Road in Features: hilltop (203 m) Garry oak ecosystems;
Metchosin woodland along Millstream Creek; views; spring
Classification: regional conservation area wildflower display. CRD Parks Headquarters
Activities: hiking, swimming, canoeing, located here.
kayaking, fishing Open hours: 8 am – 8 pm (April to October);
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets, swimming 8 am – 5 pm (October to April)
beach
Established: 1994
Features: lake ringed by forested hills; access
22. Mount Parke Regional Park
from the Galloping Goose Regional Trail. Size: 49 hectares
Open hours: sunrise to sunset Location: Mayne Island
Classification: regional natural area
Activities: hiking
19. Matthews Point
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets
Regional Park Reserve Established: 1991
Size: 15 hectares Features: hilltop park (185 m) with views of the
Location: Galiano Island Gulf Islands and Lower Mainland.
Classification: park reserve Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas
set aside for future park use.) 23. Mount Wells Regional Park
Established: 1999
Size: 123 hectares
Features: steep bluffs; stands of mature
Location: Langford
Douglas-fir; pockets of arbutus and Garry oak;
Classification: regional wilderness area
spring wildflower display.
Activities: hiking
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets
20. Mill Farm Established: 1994
Regional Park Reserve Features: hilltop park (352 m) with wilderness
Size: 338 hectares hiking; views of Sooke Hills and the Western
Location: Salt Spring Island Communities; spring wildflower display.
Classification: park reserve Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas
set aside for future park use.) 24. Mount Work Regional Park
Established: 1996 Size: 575 hectares
Features: old-growth Douglas-fir forest; views of Location: Ross-Durrance Road and Munn Road in
the Saanich Peninsula. the Highlands; Hartland Avenue in Saanich
Classification: regional natural area
21. Mill Hill Regional Park Activities: hiking, mountain biking (in Hartland
Size: 61 hectares section only), swimming, canoeing, fishing
Location: Atkins Avenue in Langford Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets
Classification: regional conservation area Established: 1970
Features: three freshwater lakes; 11 km of
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forested trails to the summit of Mount Work 28. Sooke Potholes
(449 m); mountain biking trails.
Regional Park
Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Size: 55 hectares
Location: Sooke River Road in Sooke
25. Roche Cove Regional Park Activities: hiking, swimming
Size: 163 hectares Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets, picnic
Location: Gillespie Road in East Sooke tables
Classification: regional conservation area Features: unique geological formations along
Activities: hiking, cycling, birdwatching, horse Sooke River; freshwater swimming; access to
riding Galloping Goose Regional Trail
Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Established: 1985
Features: seven km of trails through cedar
29. Thetis Lake Regional Park
forest; access to the Galloping Goose Regional
Trail. Size: 831 hectares
Open hours: sunrise to sunset Location: Six Mile Road in View Royal/Langford
Classification: regional conservation area
Activities: hiking, cycling, horse riding,
26. Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt swimming, canoeing, kayaking, boating
Regional Park Reserve (electric), fishing
Size: 1,628 hectares Facilities: parking, trails, toilets, picnic tables,
Location: Juan de Fuca Electoral Area changerooms, swimming beach, concession
Classification: park reserve Established: 1993
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas Features: regional conservation area of swamp
set aside for future park use.) and lake ecosystems, forest and hilltops; popular
Established: 2002 recreation area.
Features: important wilderness area connecting Open hours: sunrise to sunset
Tod Inlet and Sooke Basin.
30. Witty’s Lagoon
27. Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park
Regional Park Reserve Size: 57 hectares
Size: 4,103 hectares Location: Metchosin Road in Metchosin
Location: Sooke Classification: regional conservation area
Classification: park reserve Activities: hiking, birdwatching, horse riding,
Facilities: none (Park reserves are natural areas swimming
set aside for future park use.) Facilities: parking, trails, pit toilets, nature
Established: 1997 centre
Features: largest park area in region; provides Established: 1966
buffer to Greater Victoria Water Supply Features: large lagoon with sandy beach
Catchment. overlooking rocky headlands and offshore islets;
Note: no public access is permitted at this time. five km of woodland trails; staffed nature centre.
Open hours: 8 am to sunset
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Regional Parks and Trails
1. Albert Head Lagoon 16. Lochside Trail LEGEND
2. Ayum Creek Park Reserve 17. Lone Tree Hill Municipal Boundaries
3. Bear Hill 18. Matheson Lake
Regional Parks
4. Brooks Point Park Reserve 19. Matthews Point Park Reserve
5. Coles Bay 20. Mill Farm Park Reserve
6. Devonian 21. Mill Hill
7. East Point 22. Mount Parke
8. East Sooke 23. Mount Wells Galiano
9. Elk/Beaver Lake 24. Mount Work Island
10. Francis/King 25. Roche Cove 19
Mayne
11. Galloping Goose Trail 26. Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt Park Reserve Island
12. Gonzales Hill 27. Sooke Hills Wilderness Park Reserve 22
13. Horth Hill 28. Sooke Potholes Salt Spring
14. Island View Beach 29. Thetis Lake Island
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15. Kapoor Park Reserve 30. Witty s Lagoon Pender Saturna
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Capital Regional District 17
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Island Metchosin Esquimalt 12
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Map Area Electoral Area
Park Etiquette What’s Happening at CRD Parks?
Please: Find out more about your regional parks and trails on
• Stay on designated trails. the CRD Parks web site: www.crd.bc.ca/parks.
• Keep dogs under control and on the trail.
• Pick up your dog’s droppings.
• Carry out litter.
Help protect your regional parks and trails.
March 2006
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