VANCOUVER ISLAND
kayak, fi sh, and windsurf in summer (use extreme caution as winds may whip up with little warning due to mountains and size of lake). View spawning sockeye in the fall as well as black bears.
23 MacMillan (Cathedral Grove)
4 just minutes from Little Qualicum Falls World Famous Cathedral Grove stand of old growth Douglas Fir, some of which are more than 800 years old.
24 Maquinna Marine (Hot Springs Cove)
at entrance and change house near the Hot plane from Tofi no on the west coast of Vancouver Hot Springs. This Park boasts naturally occurring hot springs and pools that interface with the tidal policy – pack out everything you pack in. The Hot Springs are a highly fragile ecosystem and detergents or soaps are prohibited.
25 Morden Colliery Historic
km south of Nanaimo. Access to the park is park contains the only remaining coal tipple on Vancouver Island. The parking lot for Morden Colliery is also used as the trailhead for the regional district.
Newcastle Island Marine* – Newcastle Island
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showers, fresh water, food concession and food lockers. Large day-use area with playground, swimming beach, picnic tables, horseshoe Nanaimo, take foot passenger ferry from Maffeo- Sutton Park behind the Civic Arena. Public wharf also available for a fee.
27 Petroglyph
south of Nanaimo. Access to the park is via a pull off from Highway 1. Watch for signs. carvings dating back over 1000 years.
28 Rathtrevor Beach 16
sites, 2 picnic shelters, tent only sites, 17 walk-in tent only sites, a Nature House, gift shop and concession. Other amenities include
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 day-use destination; provides great swimming and fi shing opportunities and is only 20 minutes
for its great fi shing, Stamp River is a year-round destination and well-known for the annual run of Pacifi c salmon, which wait in the pool below Stamp Falls before moving up the fi sh ladders on their way to spawning beds. View points
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 sandstone ledges and a shell midden on the beach, an example of how First Nations people harvested intertidal food.
30 Rosewall Creek
Bay in the Comox Valley on central Vancouver Island. The park can be accessed by the Cook Features: Serene picnic site that offers hiking trails along side and crossing the creek.
31 Spider Lake
south of Parksville on Highway 19A. Take Exit 51 off Highway 19 and follow signs to the destinations on Vancouver Island, reservations are recommended. 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
from Rathtrevor Beach or Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park.
32 Sproat Lake
site (Taylor Arm). Other amenities include a boat Alberni. The park sits on the north shore of Sproat Lake and can be reached via Highway 4. fi shing, waterskiing and, when the wind is up, windsurfi ng. During forest fi re 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 fi nest panels of prehistoric petroglyphs in BC.
33 Squitty Bay* – Lasqueti Island
small park is a pleasant place to enjoy a picnic or spend a day exploring rocky headlands and arid terrain.
34 Stamp River
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