Family Walks and Hikes of Vancouver Island - Volume 2: Streams, Lakes, and Hills from Nanaimo North to Strathcona Park

Family Walks and Hikes of Vancouver Island - Volume 2: Streams, Lakes, and Hills from Nanaimo North to Strathcona Park

by Theo Dombrowski
Family Walks and Hikes of Vancouver Island - Volume 2: Streams, Lakes, and Hills from Nanaimo North to Strathcona Park

Family Walks and Hikes of Vancouver Island - Volume 2: Streams, Lakes, and Hills from Nanaimo North to Strathcona Park

by Theo Dombrowski

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Overview

Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps and colour photographs.

The second book in this sure to be popular new series assembles an impressive variety of walks and hikes for visitors and locals looking for unique, guided wanderings in the area between northern Nanaimo and Strathcona Park, including:

  • Upper Myra Falls
  • Karst Creek
  • Quinsam River Beaver Ponds
  • Bear Creek Nature Park
  • Seal Bay
  • Stotan (Stokum) Falls
  • Lighthouse Country Regional Trail
  • Horne Lake Caves
  • Pacific Rim National Park Forest Trails
  • Stamp River Falls and Angler’s Trail
  • Log Train Trail
  • Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park
  • Englishman River Estuary
  • Alberni Valley Lookout Trail
  • Ammonite Falls Regional Trail

Ranging from charmingly easy to moderately challenging, these hikes are all accessible from reliable roads and popular staging areas. In addition, each hike is accompanied by a clear, colourful map, step by step directions and full-colour photographs.

Each route includes:

  • detailed directions to trailheads
  • colour maps and photographs
  • seasonal information
  • round-trip distances
  • trail commentary
  • difficulty ratings


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781771602815
Publisher: Heritage Group Distribution
Publication date: 06/07/2018
Series: Family Walks and Hikes of Vancouver Island , #2
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Theo Dombrowski is an artist, writer, kayaker, hiker, mountain biker and skier. He worked in international education for most of his career, primarily at Lester Pearson College, near Victoria, BC. He is the author of two bestselling guidebooks published by Rocky Mountain Books, Popular Day Hikes 4: Vancouver Island and Seaside Walks on Vancouver Island. He donates some of the profits from his book projects to charity, principally the Georgia Strait Alliance and Médecins sans frontières (MSF) International. He lives in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Area Map vii

Introduction viii

1 Upper Myra Falls 1

2 Lower Myra Falls 4

3 Shepherd Creek 6

4 Karst Creek 9

5 Lupin Falls 12

6 Beaver Pond/Kingfisher Trail 14

7 Myrt Thompson Trail 17

8 Beaver Lodge Forest Lands 20

9 Willow Creek 24

10 Bear Creek Nature Park 27

11 Seal Bay Regional Nature Park/Xwee Xwhya Luq 31

12 Upper Browns River Medicine Bowls 35

13 Wildwood Trail & One Spot Trail 38

14 Stotan/Stokum Falls & Puntledge/Browns Rivers Confluence 42

15 Perseverance Creek Falls - Medicine Bowls 47

16 Royston Ghost Ship Trail 52

17 Trent River Falls 55

18 Rosewall Creek 58

19 Lighthouse Country Trail & Wildwood Trail 61

20 Lighthouse Country Regional Trail, South Loop 64

21 Horne Lake Caves & Phil Whitfield Interpretive Trail 68

22 Horne Lake & River Loop 72

23 Big Qualicum River 75

24 Pacific Rim National Park Forest Trails 79

25 Tonquin Trail 83

26 Fossli Park 88

27 Weiner Falls 91

28 Stamp River - Greenmax Anglers' Trail 94

29 Stamp River Falls via Stamp Long River (Anglers') Trail/Sayachlas t'a saa'nim 97

30 Kitsuksis Creek 101

31 Kitsuksis Creek - Maplehurst Trail 104

32 Scott Kenny Trail 107

33 Carriere Road to Ship Creek 110

34 Roger Creek & Bear Den Trail Loop 114

35 Beaver Pond & Log Train Trail Loop 118

36 Hole in the Wall 122

37 Alberni Lookout 126

38 Wesley Ridge 130

39 Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park 135

40 Englishman River Falls Provincial Park 139

41 Morrison Creek Falls 143

42 Little Mountain 146

43 Englishman River Estuary 150

44 Bonnell Creek Falls 153

45 Enos Lake & the Lakes District 156

46 Notch Hill 160

47 Knarston Creek 163

48 Ammonite Falls Regional Trail 169

49 Linley Valley & Cottle Lake 173

Useful Contacts 177

Acknowledgements 178

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