Pender Island Parks - Regional Parks, Federal Parks, Heritage Parks Gulf Islands

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Pender Island Parks

Pender Island offers a variety of community, regional and federal parks.

Parks
Hiking Trails
Ocean Access
Viewpoints
Recreation

Park Maps

North & South Pender Island Parks Map (PDF)
North Pender Parks Listing (PDF)
South Pender Parks Listing (PDF)
Gulf Islands National Park Map (PDF)

Regional Parks

The Capital Regional District has two parks on South Pender Island:

Brooks Point Conservancy Area
Gowlland Point Conservancy Area

For more information visit: www.crd.bc.ca/parks

Heritage Parks

Grover Sargent Memorial Cairn Trail
Lilias Spalding Heritage Park - Castle Road, South Pender Island

Federal Parks

The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve includes several parks on both North and South Pender Islands, administered by Parks Canada.

North Pender Federal Parks	South Pender Federal Parks
Roesland Mt Menzies Loretta's Wood Canal Dig Site Prior Park Campground	Mt. Norman Beaumont Marine Greenburn Lake

For more information visit:

Hiking Trails

North Pender

Mount Elizabeth
Heart Trail and Extension
Wallace Road
Schooner to Chart
Masthead to Shingle
Yardarm to Shingle
Firehall to Disc Park
Capstan Lane/Rope Road Trail
Bosun to Schooner Trail
Oak Bluffs Trail
Harbour Hills Trail
Mount Menzies
Abbott Park Trail
George Hill Trail
Sandy Sievert Trail
Buck Lake Trail

South Pender

Bridge Trail
Fawn Creek Trail
Walker Trail
Craddock Lane
Castle Road
Bidgood Road
Enchanted Forest
Lilias Spalding Heritage Park

Steep Climb or Descent

George Hill
Castle Road
Bidgood Road
Mt. Elizabeth
Mt. Menzies
Oak Bluffs
Walker Trail
Abbott Hill
Lively Peak

Ocean Access

The following areas offer public beach access

North Pender

Boat Nook
Bricky Bay
Bridges Road
Found Road
Grimmer Bay
Harpoon Road
Irene Bay
McKinnon Road
Niagara Road
Percival Cove
Peters Cove (N & S)
Starvation Bay
Tracy Road
Walden Road
Wallace Road
Welcome Bay

South Pender

Ancia Road
Bidgood Road
Boundary Pass
Canal Road (S)
Craddock Drive
Fawn Creek
Gowlland Point
Mortimer Spit
Walker Road

View Points

The following view points have no ocean access.

North Pender

Mumford Road
Oak Bluffs
Plumper Way
Seawest Drive
Skeeles Road
Wilson Road

South Pender

Bridge Park (south)
Higgs Road
Southlands/Tilly Point Trail

Recreation

Disc Golf
Danny Martin - baseball
Magic Lake - picnic, swimming float
Thieves Bay -picnic, swings
Shingle Bay - picnic

Pender Island Parks Commission
The Pender Island Parks Commission (PIPC) is a volunteer and community-driven parks commission. The commission is designated by the CRD with the responsibility for caring for and creating community parks and trails on North and South Pender Islands. PIPC has the ability to create future parks for the benefit of the Pender Islands' ecosystems and park visitors.

Pender Island Parks Commission Master Plan (PDF)
The PIPC Master Plan is a guide for the acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of the Pender Islands’ community parks.

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