Parks We're In

In 1987, the Memorial Park Society created the 16.6 hectare Blue Heron Park beside Parkland School and McDonald Park. The park features: a running track; rugby, slow pitch and all-weather soccer fields; a forested trail system; and other infrastructure. FNSP has collaborated with the Mary Winspear Centre, Parkland Secondary School, and the District of North Saanich since 2023 to remove invasive species and garbage in the forested area along the highway.

Denham Till Park, located between Clayton and Birch Roads, has some forested area with trails as well as an orchard and play equipment suitable for toddlers. The park is named in honour of Commander F. Denham Till, R.N. who spent his retirement years in the home that use to stand in the northeast section of the park.

A main east/west trail leads from Green Park to Horth Hill Park and a network of shorter trails connects with roads throughout this area, allowing for a variety of walks of varying lengths. Green Park is a small jewel with two man-made ponds and an open meadow, which can be wet in the rainy season.

Gulf View Park provides a convenient parking and picnic area off East Saanich Road. This 1 hectare park offers good scenic views and bird watching.

Highview Park comprises two small sections across the road from each other and is situated on the slopes of Cloake Hill. Dominant tree species include Douglas-fir and Western redcedar. There are fine views of Mount Tuam and the Salish Sea from the park.

H.M.S. Plumper is a small park on Curteis Point named for an early survey ship. The park overlooks Tsehum Harbour.

Lillian Hoffar Park is a delightful 1.6 hectare wooded waterfront park located behind the Kiwanis Village on McDonald Park Road. Pedestrian access is via a small, gated lane just south of the Village. The park was willed to the municipality by boat builder Henry Hoffar; its name commemorates both his wife, Lillian Olsen Hoffar (1886-1970), and his daughter, noted artist Irene Hoffar Reid (1908-1994). An information kiosk installed in 2008 tells the story of the park's history.

Nymph Point Park is one of the municipality’s smallest waterfront parks, named for an eight-gun sloop that surveyed local waters in the late 19th century. It is located off Marina Way, between the Sidney and North Saanich Yacht Club and the marina to the south. A trail leads out to a breakwater which is a good spot for viewing the marine traffic. You can park on Marina Way by the park marker sign and pick up the trail to the point.

Prentice Pond Park is a bowl shaped park on Curteis Point with abundant lady fern and Red alder; the pond is home to ducks most of the year.

In Quarry Park on East Saanich Road, there are steep trails around an abandoned quarry. Rock from this quarry was used for local road building.

Readings Park is located on a gentle, south-facing slope at the corner of Readings Drive and Hillgrove Street. The park includes an excavated, ephemeral stream leading from a gully and several other drainage ditches. Trails run through the park and connect to the neighbouring Sumac Park.

Reay Creek Park is a 1.86 hectare park located between Deerbrush Crescent and Highway 17. The park is the only one in which FNSP currently works with a permanent freshwater stream. The creek’s headwaters are located in the Victoria International Airport, and it flows into the park from the north and exits to the east, passing under Highway 17 via a culvert and into Bazan Bay. Prickly Sculpin, Coho Salmon, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, and Threespine Stickleback are all found in Reay Creek.

The area was originally settled around 1875 by the brothers William and Charles Reay, former gold miners, and was farmed in the 1930s.

Work to remove invasive species in this park began in Summer 2024.

R.O. Bull Park on Wain Road is a serene cathedral of ancient Douglas fir trees, some of them hundreds of years old. Please protect their roots by keeping to the two gravel trails. This is a fragile ecosystem, so please do not remove deadfall because it contributes nutrients to the soil. The land for this park was purchased and donated in 1973 by Mrs. Ruth Bull and friends in memory of her husband Colonel Roland O. Bull and to commemorate his love of trees.

Sumac Park has a beautiful trail among the mature Douglas fir and Western red cedar; the relatively undisturbed park is rich in herbaceous plants.

Sycamore Park is a 0.5ha park and picnic area located on the north side of Cloake Hill overlooking Satellite Channel, and Mount Tuam on Salt Spring Island.

Warrior Point Trail crosses a small creek and winds through a forested area from Derrick Road to a beach access that borders Patricia Bay and the Saanich Inlet.