Kid Hikes – Page 3 – Diandra Oliver – Writer, Researcher, Economic Developer

Beachcomber Regional Park

This hike took place on a stretch of land that is the unceded, ancestral territories of the Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose FN) and Qualicum First Nation. Both community reserves are in opposite directions from this park, but they likely share territory rights to the coast line and water in and around their reserve lands. This land isContinue reading “Beachcomber Regional Park”

Fossli Provincial Park

This hike took place on unceded, ancestral Nuu-chah-nulth territories (Hupač̓asatḥ, Ts’ishaa7ath, Huu-ay-aht). This land is currently managed under the BC Provincial Park system. Here’s their website with information about this park: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/fossli/. Here’s a link to the ACRD’s trail brochure (we used this map): http://www.acrd.bc.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID221atID643.pdf The Alberni Valley is littered with abandoned homesteads. It’s not unusualContinue reading “Fossli Provincial Park”