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VANCOUVER ISLAND
26 Newcastle Island Marine*
336 ha. • Facilities: 18 walk-in campsites, 5 large group campsites, flush and pit toilets, hot showers, fresh water, food concession and food lockers. Large day-use area with playground, swimming beach, picnic tables, horseshoe pits and a large grassy area. • Location: Accessible by boat only. From Nanaimo, take foot passenger ferry from Maffeo-Sutton Park behind the Civic Arena, just north of downtown on Hwy 1.
27 Petroglyph
2 ha. • Facilities: Day-use area. • Location: 3 km south of Nanaimo. Access to the park is via a pull off from Highway 1. Watch for signs. • This park protects First Nations traditional rock carvings dating back over 1000 years.
28 Rathtrevor Beach
348 a. • Facilities: 175 campsites, 6 group sites, 2 picnic shelters, tent only sites, 17 walk-in tent only sites, a Nature House, gift shop and conces- sion. Other amenities include 4 shower buildings, 2 flush bathrooms in the day-use area and a sani- station. • Location: 3 km south of Parksville on Highway 19a. Take Exit 51 off Highway 19 and follow signs to the park. • Features: Rathtrevor Beach is one of the most popular destinations on Vancouver Island, reservations are recommended. Rathtrevor has over 2 km of sandy beach and 5.5 km of hiking trails within the park. There are many day trips accessible from Rathtrevor, and it is only 30 minutes from the Nanaimo Ferry Terminal. Camping available year round.
29 Roberts Memorial
14 ha. • Facilities: Day-use area. • Location: 15 km south of Nanaimo on central Vancouver Island. Take the Cedar Road Exit off Highway 1. Turn on Yellow-point Road and follow signs to the park. • Features: This day-use area protects sandstone ledges and a shell midden on the beach, an example of how First Nations people harvested intertidal food.
30 Rosewall Creek
54 ha. • Facilities: Day-use and picnic area on Rosewall Creek. • Location: 3 km south of Fanny Bay in the Comox Valley on central Vancouver Island. The park can be accessed by the Cook Creek Interchange off Highway 19 or 19A. • Features: Serene picnic site that offers hiking trails along side and crossing the creek.
31 Spider Lake
65 ha. • Facilities: Day-use area. • Location: 60 km north of Nanaimo and 16 km west of Qualicum Beach on central Vancouver Island. The park can be accessed via the Horne Lake Exit off Highway 19 or 19A. Follow signs for 5 km to Spider Lake. • Fea- tures: A very popular day-use destination; Spider
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Campbell River Courtenay
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40 58 VICTORIA
Lake provides great swimming and fishing oppor- tunities and is only 20 minutes from Rathtrevor Beach or Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Parks.
32 Sproat Lake
43 ha. • Facilities: 58 campsites and a group site (Taylor Arm). Other amenities include a boat launch, swimming floats and 3 picnic sites for day-use. • Location: 13 km northwest of Port Al- berni. The park sits on the north shore of Sproat Lake and can be reached via Highway 4. • Fea- tures: Sproat Lake is a popular destination for swimming, fishing, waterskiing and, when the wind is up, windsurfing. During forest fire season visitors will see the gigantic Martin Mars water bombers. The largest water bombers in the world, these aircraft are capable of scooping up to 27 tons of water off the lake surface at one time. Short hiking trails lead visitors around the park, including a trail to the east end of Sproat Lake which leads to one of the finest panels of prehis- toric petroglyphs in BC.
33 Squitty Bay*
12 ha. • Facilities: Marine accessible day-use area. • Location: Squitty Bay is located on the east side of Lasqueti Island between the Main Is- land and Jedediah Island in the Strait of Georgia. • This small park is a pleasant place to enjoy a picnic or spend a day exploring rocky headlands and arid terrain.
34 Stamp River 327 ha. • Facilities: 23 campsites and day-use
picnic area. • Location: Stamp River is located off Beaver Creek road just north of Port Alberni. • Stamp River is well known for its great fishing. Stamp River is a year-round destination and well known for the annual run of Pacific salmon, which wait in the pool below Stamp Falls before mov- ing up the fish ladders on their way to spawning beds. View points along the river offer excellent opportunities to observe the natural phenom- enon of the salmon fighting their way up the falls to spawn. Spawning seasons begins in late Au- gust with sockeye and continues right through to December with Coho and Chinook.
35 Taylor Arm
71 ha. • Facilities: 3 group campsites, day-use area, pit toilets, water hand pump. • Location: 23 km northwest of Port Alberni on Hwy 4, approxi- mately 10 km past Sproat Lake Provincial Park. • The park offers group camping, two day-use areas for picnicking and undeveloped beach ar- eas for visitors to enjoy many water activities on Sproat Lake. A short trail from the campground area leads to the lake. For reservations at the group campsites, please contact Discover Camp- ing 1-800-689-9025 or
www.discovercamping.ca.
SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND Park Facility Operator: R.L.C. Enterprize Ltd PO Box 272
Malahat, BC V0R 2L0 Phone: (250) 474-1336 Fax: (250) 478-0376 E-mail:
office@rlcparks.ca Website:
www.vislandcamping.com
You can make a reservation online at
www.discovercamping.ca or by calling Discover Camping toll free (Canada/USA) 1-800-689-9025
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