Mat Bienczyk

Island Lake Conservation area is a pretty large park with plenty of walking, hiking, and picnic areas; a large lake for fishing, canoeing, or kayaking. There is an entrance fee per person to the park, but well worth it to maintain the park and area. The longest walk around the lake across several boardwalks takes about 1.5-2h. Highly recommend also spending some time at the nature park.

Great trail that takes you to the coast of the park; it starts combined with Timberman Trail, but then after about 15min there's a fork in the trail, whereby Cascade trail takes you to the right. It's pretty steep in some points; walk with caution!

Small park right by Gorge waters that connects to the Salish Sea, amazing park to walk around any time of day. You can capture some great views of sunrises and sunsets here, plus it's right by the bridge that often has a reversing falls. There's a community garden to the east side of the park.

Small little park right near Oak Bay - some picnic tables, and benches, with access to water and a viewing point!

Very interesting place for a hike, some nice well maintained paths with many areas to go off path. Very tall trees and small shrubs along the way. Some elevation in the areas, but generally pretty flat - some large roots to be aware of.