This is a beautiful park in between Duncan and Chemainus. Trails through a gorgeous forest, along a creek, over rock faces, along a short old railway track. Eves Provincial park is also home to the oldest Maple tree in Canada and I forgot to take a photo. It was very pretty – use your imagination.
Open Air Classroom & Watt’s Walk This is a short loop along a boardwalk over a marsh area in Duncan. Lots of benches and bird viewing spots. I wish it was a bit longer, I just kept lapping around. It was very warm and sunny.
Blue Trail – I can’t get enough of Maple Mountain. This is a mostly forested hike, with some traversing around rock ridges and some beautiful look out spots. The trail is very well blazed – every couple of metres either blue paint on rocks, or ties in the trees. New signage has been installed since …
Follow a couple of short trails through the forest and along the beautiful Koksilah River and find your swimming spot. This is a busy family park with a huge playground and a suspension bridge. Who doesn’t love a suspension bridge? In a rare Vancouver Island experience, I was attacked by mosquitos in this park. I’m …
This was a busy trail today. With views like this, I understand why.
We took it off trail today and visited The Raptors, birds of prey centre in Duncan. We saw owls, falcons, hawks, turkey vulture, raven and a stork (Maxi pointing at it below). This was really interesting, particularly the flight demo. I was too into it, I forgot to take photos. Owls can’t move their eyes …
Blue/Pink Trail loop (Summit Route) Park at the end of Maple Mountain Road and follow the blue trail markers under the powerlines. Veer left at the pink trail junction (marked in pink!) and climb up, up, up to the summit at 506m. This is a well-marked rough trail through the forest. From the summit, continue …