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recreational areas have been preserved through the Provincial Government, joint Federal and Provincial initiatives, and through regional and community parks. Here's a sampling of what awaits you:
Pender
Islands parks map - PDF
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Mt. Norman
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Gulf Islands National Park Reserve.
The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
consists of lands on 16 islands, plus numerous small islets and reef
areas in British Columbia’s southern Gulf Islands. With a total
area of 33 km2 (including a 25-metre intertidal zone), it is
Canada’s 5th smallest national park. The waters surrounding or
adjacent to park lands, extending 200 metres seaward from the natural
boundary of the lands, are also protected and managed by Parks
Canada.
On North & South Pender Island we
are fortunate to have 7 distinct areas located within the National
Park.
Gulf
Islands National Park Reserve
South Pender
- Mt. Norman
- Beaumont Marine Park
- Greenburne Lake
North Pender
- Roe Lake
- Roesland
- Prior Park
- Mt. Menzies
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Provincial Parks: (recently added
to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve)
- Beaumont Park
- is accessible by boat or on foot from the Mt. Norman parking lot.,
a 20 minute hike. It offers camping, picnicking, swimming, water, toilets.
- Prior Centennial Park
- The only public campsite on the Penders, with camping, and forest walks.
(Heart Trail)
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Roesland
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Mortimer Spit
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CRD and Community Parks:
- Magic Lake
- picnicking, bird watching.
- Danny Martin baseball park
at Magic Lake.
- Disc Park
- a 27 hole, 4 hectare public Frisbee golf course.
- Playgrounds
beside the tennis court on Schooner Rd.,
at Shingle Bay
and at Thieves Bay.
- Mortimer Spit. Off Canal Road between North and South Pender, this is a popular spot for dog
walking, beach picnics and small boat launching.
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