By Richard Blier
This mountain climbing consultant covers the Victoria British Columbia's Capital neighborhood District, together with Portland, and Sidney Islands; the Saanich Peninsula; center municipalities; Western groups; Sooke west to Port Renfrew; Juan de Fuca Marine path. Explro over a hundred locations starting from neighbourhood walks on pavement to week-long backpacking journeys; comprises the Gowlland Tod and Juan de Fuca Provincial Parks, and the preferred Galloping Goose path. This advisor comprises tricks & Cautions, ancient notes, birding and nature details.
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Fifty six Mount Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sixty two Swan Lake & Christmas Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . seventy eight Colquitz River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eighty two Thetis Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Mill Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety Mount Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety four Metchosin coastline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety eight Witty’s Lagoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a hundred Western Metchosin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Matheson Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one zero five Roche Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 East Sooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Sooke Potholes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Juan de Fuca path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one hundred forty 168 Acknowledgements Acknowledegments as well as the entire individuals to the unique quantity and the numerous revisions through the years, for this 13th variation specified thank you are due: CRD Parks Saanich Parks BC Parks Parks Canada Municipal employees in Sidney, North Saanich, primary Saanich, Highlands, Saanich, Oak Bay, Victoria, Esquimalt, View Royal, Langford, Colwood, Metchosin, Sooke and numerous Chambers of trade and Tourism institutions from Sidney to Sooke. individuals of assorted mountaineering golf equipment and open air corporations and different volunteers, who've supplied updates and proven details. Jim Bisakowski (Desktop Publishing Ltd. ) and Lillian Wonders for his or her recommendation and services. photos courtesy of Richard ok. Blier, George Broome, Di Chawner, Joyce Folbigg and Aldyth Hunter. eventually, exact because of the VITIS Editorial Committee participants, George Broome, John W. E. Harris, Joyce Folbigg, Aldyth Hunter, Shirley Marcetta and to the opposite society individuals, Betty Burroughs and Irm Houle. 169 A Postscript A Postscript To all these either previous and current, who had the foresight to acknowledge the necessity to safeguard the golf green areas and exact gains of gorgeous Vancouver Island, how will we thanks? Parks Canada, BC Parks, Capital local District, Saanich Parks, The Land Conservancy, municipalities and the numerous different businesses who've been all for the acquisition, safeguard and upkeep of the specific usual parts that we get pleasure from lots. to boot, there are the masses of people who volunteer their time, power and ability to take care of those parts. What a present you've got given us! Vancouver Island Trails info Society a hundred and seventy About the Editor concerning the Editor Richard ok. Blier photograph: Richard ok. Blier outside author, photographer and angler, Richard ok. Blier, has explored Vancouver Island’s trails, backroads, campsites, lakes and coastlines for over 3 many years. he's writer of 3 backroad guidebooks: ISLAND BACKROADS (Orca booklet Publishers, 1998); extra ISLAND ADVENTURES (Orca publication Publishers, 1993); ISLAND ADVENTURES (Orca e-book Publishers, 1989). He additionally revised and edited mountaineering TRAILS II (7th variation, 1993; eighth version, 2000) and climbing TRAILS III (9th version, 2002) for the Vancouver Island Trails details Society. he's a characteristic author for BC outdoor activities Fishing and ISLAND FISHERMAN magazines.