Hiking Trails 2 : South-Central Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands [1 ed.] 9780987779700, 9780969766773

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H IK IN G TRA ILS 2 South-Central Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands Shawnigan Lake, Cobble Hill, Duncan and the Cowichan Valley, Ladysmith, Cedar, Yellow Point, Nanaimo, the Gulf Islands, Oceanside, Port Alberni and west to Long Beach

Revised and expanded by Richard K. Blier

N I N T H E D I T I O N , 2 010 VA N C O U V E R I S L A N D T R A I L S I N F O R M AT I O N S O C I E T Y ( V I T I S)

Contents

Editor’s Note

8

How to Use this Book

10

Maps

8

Hints and Cautions

11

1 Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill

23

map  M1

22

a. Spectacle Lake Provincial Park

map  M1A

23  24

b. Koksilah River Provincial Park

25

map  M1B

26

c. Cobble Hill

29

map  M1C

30

d. Bright Angel Provincial Park

33 

map  M1D

34

2

Duncan and the Cowichan Valley

map  M2

a. Mount Tzouhalem

37 38

37

map  M2A

42

b. Maple Mountain

44 

map  M2B

45

c. Mount Prevost

50 

map  M2C

51

d. Chemainus River Provincial Park

54

map  M2D

55

e. Cowichan River Provincial Park

56 

map  M2E

58, 61

f. Mesachie Mountain

63 

map  M2F

64

3

Ladysmith, Cedar and Yellow Point

map  M3

a. Holland Creek Trail b. Yellow Point Park c. Roberts Memorial Provincial Park d. Hemer Provincial Park e. Trans-Canada Trail (Ladysmith/Nanaimo area) f. Morden Colliery Trail g. Dodd Narrows (Cable Bay) Nature Trail map  M3G

4

Nanaimo

map  M4

66 67

66 71  72 74 75 79 80  81

84 86

a. Colliery Dam Park 84 b. Morrell Nature Sanctuary 85 c. Westwood Lake Park 89 d. Mount Benson Regional Park 90 e. Benson Creek Falls Regional Park 93 f. Buttertubs Marsh 94 g. Newcastle Island Provincial Marine Park 95 96 map  M4G

5

Gabriola Island

map  M5

a. Descanso Bay Regional Park b. Sandwell Provincial Park, Gabriola Island c. Drumbeg Provincial Park, Gabriola Island

103 104

103 106 108

6 Saltpring Island and Wallace Island map  M6

110 112

The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve 110 The Gulf Islands 110 a. Ruckle Provincial Park, Saltspring Island 114  116 map  M6A b. Bruce Peak, Saltspring Island 119  120 map  M6B c. Mount Maxwell Provincial Park, Saltspring Island 124 125 map  M6C d. Mount Erskine Provincial Park, Saltspring Island 127

e. Wallace Island Provincial Marine Park

129

7 Galiano Island and Mayne Island

131

map  M6

112

a. Dionisio Point Provincial Marine Park, Galiano Island 131 132 map  M7A b. Bodega Ridge Provincial Park, Galiano Island 134 c. Mount Galiano, Galiano Island 136 d. Bluffs Park, Galiano Island 139 e. Mount Parke Regional Park, Mayne Island 141

8

Pender Islands

143

a. North Pender Island b. South Pender Island

112 143 146

9

150

map  M6

Saturna Island

map  M6 map  M9

a. Winter Cove b. Mount Warburton Pike,

112 151

150

153 Saturna Island c. Narvaez Bay, Saturna Island 154 d. East Point, Saturna Island 156

10

Oceanside to Cameron Lake

map  M10

a. Rosewall Creek Provincial Park b. Englishman River Falls Provincial Park  map  M10B c. Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park map  M10C d. Wesley Tower Trail map  M10D

11

Cameron Lake to Port Alberni

map  M10

157 158

157 162 163 166 167 169 171

172 158

a. Historic Arrowsmith (CPR Regional) Trail 172 174 map  M11A b. Mount Arrowsmith and Mount Cokely Hiking Routes 179 174 map  M11A c. Cathedral Grove (MacMillan Provincial Park) 183 184 map  M11C d. Labour Day Lake Trail 186 e. Father and Son Lake Trail 189

12

Port Alberni to the West Coast

map  M12

a. Log Train Trail Regional Park b. Stamp River Trails c. Dickson Falls d. Fossli Provincial Park map  M12D e. Trails and Hiking Routes along Highway 4 (North Side) f. Trails and Hiking Routes along Highway 4 (South Side)

191 192

191 195 198 200 201 203 207

13

West Coast

map  M13

a. Clayoquot Sound Provincial Parks b. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Long Beach) c. Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet d. Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park

210 212

210

APPENDIX

VITIS Information

229

Reader Survey

230

Vancouver Island Spine

231

215

Information Sources

232

219

Acknowledgements

234

Suggested Reading

235

Index

237

About the Editor

240

222

General Map of South-Central Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands

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General Map of South-Central Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands




30

Map M1C  Cobble Hill




38

Map M2  Duncan and the Cowichan Valley




42

Map M2A  Mount Tzouhalem

Tzouhalem, of the Cowichan Tribe ,




58

Map M2E  Cowichan River (down-river)



86

Map M4  Nanaimo




112

Map M6  Gulf Islands




116

Map M6A  Saltspring Island




120

Map M6B  Bruce Peak




158

Map M10  Oceanside to Port Alberni




174

Map M11A  Mount Arrowsmith




212

Map M13  West Coast