The land for Beacon Hill Park was set aside as a protected area in 1858. It includes woodland and shoreline trails, two playgrounds, a w...
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French Beach Provincial Park
This park has level, roomy campsites and a large day use area with very good access to the beach. We did not notice an accessible site but...
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Fort Rodd and Fisgard Lighthouse Hill NHS
In 1840 Britain’s navy began using Esquimalt harbor for anchorage and for taking on water and lumber. A base was soon established near Vi...
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Royal British Columbia Museum
Two floors of the museum are filled with very good exhibits covering the natural and human history of British Columbia. The First Nations...
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Butchart Gardens
Robert Butchart, who began manufacturing cement in Ontario in 1888, moved his business to Vancouver Island in the early 1900s. By 1909 t...
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Thetis Lake Campground
The campground is right next to Thetis Lake Regional Park. It’s a private campground not associated with the park but it is possible to wa...
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Petroglyph Provincial Park
Large slabs of sandstone are covered with carvings created over 1,000 years ago by First Nations people. The carvings are weathered and ma...
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Nanaimo Museum
This excellent small museum covers the history of Nanaimo, a traditional homeland of the native Snuneymuxw and a city founded by the Hudso...
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