Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park is on beautiful Salt Spring Island, the largest of the Gulf Islands, and one of the easiest to access. Ferries go direct to Salt Spring from the Vancouver Ferry Terminal at Tsawassen, and Vancouver Island Ferry Terminal at Schwarz Bay. The creation of this day-use only park is a testament to the power of the people united for a common goal. I will explain. The First Nations have fished and foraged Burgoyne Bay and the surrounding…
Fillongley Provincial Park is a 10-site beachfront campground on the north side of lovely Denman Island, a short ferry ride from Buckley Bay, Vancouver Island. It’s the perfect spot for de-stressing: small, quiet, sun and shade, pebbly beach and calm water. I have been there twice now, the first time with my camping buddy Trish, and the second with my husband Bob and good friends Deanna and Rick. Both times I stayed in Campsite #1, beside a small meadow with…
Yard Creek Provincial Park Yard Creek Provincial Park sits roughly halfway between Revelstoke and Sicamous BC, on the site of a WWII Japanese Internment Camp. There is nothing left of the internment camp, no artifacts, no buildings. All signs have been wiped off the map, and in its place are 5 km of hiking and ski trails, and 65 well-maintained and very private campsites. If you would like to know more about the Japanese Internment history, there is a link…
Shoen Lake Provincial Park is a small Vancouver Island campground tucked away in the Nimpkish Valley, about 140 km (87 miles) north of Campbell River. It is an adventure just travelling the 12 km (7.5 miles) stretch of logging road to get there! You really need a 4-wheel drive or truck with good clearance and top-rate suspension system to navigate around the deep potholes. The campground has only 9 campsites, all within spitting distance of the beach. Once you are…
A camping trip to the northern part of Vancouver Island offered my husband Bob and I, along with camping buddies Rick and Deanna, a great opportunity to explore Marble River Provincial Park and many of the natural sites in the area. Marble River Provincial Park is 1,419 hectares (5.5 sq mi) and includes the Marble River and surrounding area from its headwaters at Alice Lake to its estuary at Quatsino Narrows. The river flows through a shallow canyon, bordered by…
August 2015 The key to snagging a site at non-reservable campgrounds is arriving early. We showed up at Muncho Lake around 3:30 pm and drove right into a waterfront site. After hiking and sightseeing most of the day, we could hardly wait to put our canoe in the lake and do some fishing. My husband Bob’s goal for this vacation was to catch an arctic grayling, and rumours were that this lake is full of them! The Park There are…