Bowen Island is 4 miles wide and 7 1/2 miles long in Howe Sound just beyond Vancouver. Its current name came in 1860 from Rear Admiral James Bowen, who served as master of the HMS Queen Charlotte, the ...

Windfalls, landslides and washouts. The West Coast Trail took a serious beating from wild weather this winter — with Parks ...

Wander amid thundering falls and towering trees at this enchanting Vancouver Island park, home to a glistening lake and ...

This accessible trail creates a mile-long loop on paved or tightly packed gravel surfaces around the natural areas in the eastern part Bloomingdale Park. Starting from the northeast corner of the park ...

One of the best things to see on Vancouver Island, the hiking trails at Cathedral Grove are fairly easy and partly covered with a boardwalk, so it’s great for all hiking levels. As this Vancouver ...

To get more information about park hikes, it was a 60-mile jaunt to Courtenay, a town that fortunately had a splendid book, “Hiking Trails 3: Northern Vancouver Island,” available in the ...

Indigenous tourism on Vancouver Island is crucial in preserving and promoting ... 1,200-metre-long stretch of natural sand beach close to the West Coast Trail with opportunities for hiking, whale ...

Fougner, who operates a Facebook page dedicated to hiking, said she would be checking out other trails across Vancouver Island and elsewhere in B.C., with an eye toward flatter terrain because of ...

I’m lucky to live on Vancouver Island ... known for the 200 kilmetres of mountain biking and hiking trails in the area. My first stop was Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa outside Courtenay ...

The Englishman River cuts through central Vancouver ... The trail from the campground to the upper and lower falls is about a 3km trek through gorgeous mature forests. Additionally, a second trail ...

A popular 47-kilometre oceanside hiking trail on Vancouver Island will be closed this summer due to damage from storms. Several important sections of the Juan de Fuca Marine Park Trail ...