Vancouver Island Big Trees

No snow at sea level, but accumulations at elevation in the Sooke Hills. A bit on the ground at Sooke Potholes Park, but not eno...

Snowy Sooke River falls It is not often that you get to snowshoe at lower elevations on Vancouver Island's south coast. But every on...

The huge Douglas-fir snag took out a branch of a Bigleaf maple on the way down On a recent trip up Sooke River road to Sooke Potholes Pa...

British Columbia has over 800 provincial parks. The parks system is celebrating 100 years of preservation this year, but due to massive budg...

At the end of scenic Sooke River Road the intrepid big tree adventurer will find not one, but two parks that offer dendro-vistas galore. Eve...