Beacon Hill, Canada Travel Blogs, Backpacking Beacon Hill

Jan and Andrew Vancouver and the C Rockies
Day5
Beacon Hill and Killer whales
May 22 in Canada
The day dawned brightly and after breakfast we set off towards Beacon Hill Park. The wild flowers were beautiful including purple common Camas and cream Meadow Death Camas. At the lookout the view across to Mt Baker in Washington State was stunning a layer of mist obscuring the coastline with mountains soaring above. From the mist appeared a large container ship in surreal ghostly fashion.
From here we walked along the coast path towards the town. There was a lady skinny dipping on one beach though surely thermals were more the order of the day?! A bit further on there was a flash of orange which settled on a bush - Anna’s hummingbird! Quite brilliant. Coffee at Breakwater Cafe before cutting inland through James Bay. A liquor store provided more delicious Okanangan Pinot Noir and Thrifty market a few more useful essentials.
Back to base via Parliament building, for a swim (A) and lunch ahead of a whale watching trip with BC whale tours aboard BC Luna. Captain Jim is a marine biologist and quickly headed the 12 on board to find two Killer Whale brothers heading east through the straits. Awesome!We spent quite a bit of time with them before heading towards the coast and finding our way back to port with the sun still shining.
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Nat and Jim Latham
Excellent! So glad you are having a lovely time! Swim, Pinot noir and whales?! What more could you want?! We are keeping the hot tub warm for you 😘 xx
May 23, 2018
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Trip: Vancouver and the C Rockies @ Canada British Columbia Fairfield Beacon Hill May 22, 2018 at 8:16pm · Altitude: 14 m48°24'41" N 123°21'45" W
Wistful Wanderings Canada 2017
Day7
Becon Hill Park
June 18, 2017 in Canada
Part of our 9 mile walk takes in this beautiful park created in Victorian times and teeming with peacocks 🌸
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Trip: Canada 2017 @ Canada British Columbia Fairfield Beacon Hill Jun 18, 2017 at 1:13pm · Altitude: 56 ft48°24'44" N 123°21'45" W
Sharla Crabtree Crabtree Family Adventure 2017
Day80
Beacon Hill Pygmy Goats
September 5, 2017 in Canada
Well, we closed out our time in Victoria with a visit to Beacon Hill where we fed the peacocks (the ducks weren't interested!), let the cutest Pygmy goats we've ever seen climb on our backs, and took a ferry over to Vancouver with a plan of camping in the beautiful Canadian Rockies on the way to Banff.
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Trip: Crabtree Family Adventure 2017 @ Canada British Columbia Fairfield Beacon Hill Sep 5, 2017 at 12:59pm · Altitude: 17 m48°24'42" N 123°21'48" W
Rambling Bears Rambling North America
Day57
Holland Point and Beacon Hill Park
September 21, 2017 in Canada
Our final day in and a beautiful sunny day greeted us. We have walked many kilometres while here and today was no different but we hadn’t made it to the beach as yet so off we trekked.
While passing the Fairmont Hotel we decided to have a closer look at their gardens and found their bee hives. Having their own bee hives seemed like a no brainer when they have such beautiful flowers in their gardens to attract many bees 🐝🐝.
The walk along Holland Point was nice and Beacon Hill Park was stunning.Read more
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Trip: Rambling North America @ Canada British Columbia Fairfield Beacon Hill Sep 21, 2017 · Altitude: 12 m48°24'38" N 123°21'44" W
Daniel Campos US & CA 2016
Day43
Victoria, Mile Zero
September 25, 2016 in Canada
Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Highway.
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Trip: US & CA 2016 @ Canada British Columbia Fairfield Beacon Hill Sep 25, 2016 at 5:20pm · Altitude: 10 m48°24'33" N 123°22'8" W