Some of Vancouver Island's greatest assets are its public outdoor spaces where you can escape from a
busy schedule and just enjoy the day...with camera in hand of course.

Just south of downtown Nanaimo, above the Chase River estuary, there is a wonderful park with 1.2 km
of trails (two loops). The shorter loop includes a boardwalk nearly at water level, amidst the tall
grasses of a little valley. The longer loop follows an interesting path on the other side, parallel
to an old rail line, into a set of unnatural ridges and coal slag (now lush and grown over), and
some rocky outcrops. This trail provides two kinds of views; there is the Chase River and its
boardwalk on one side, and the Nanaimo River estuary and ocean on the other side of the tracks.


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