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Stamp Falls Trail
Stamp Falls at EveryTrail
Stamp River provincial park is just north of Port Alberni, with two trails - Stamp Falls & Stamp River. We headed towards the Falls and in hindsight we should have turned back, the falls and fish ladder attractions are about 5 minutes into the walk, but you can continue on into some uncharted areas. Or you can then head back and walk the Stamp River trail which goes along the bank in a north western fashion. We went southeast and the trail we found was odd, as you can tell by the squigley lines created by our GPS. This trail was much more advanced than what we were willing to do that day. In all we walked a total of 3K in an hour, with lots of time to admire the Fish Ladder, we will certainly will be returning here when the Salmon are spawning. In the meantime we found this video, you can see the fish jumping towards the end.
Stamp River provincial park is just north of Port Alberni, with two trails - Stamp Falls & Stamp River. We headed towards the Falls and in hindsight we should have turned back, the falls and fish ladder attractions are about 5 minutes into the walk, but you can continue on into some uncharted areas. Or you can then head back and walk the Stamp River trail which goes along the bank in a north western fashion. We went southeast and the trail we found was odd, as you can tell by the squigley lines created by our GPS. This trail was much more advanced than what we were willing to do that day. In all we walked a total of 3K in an hour, with lots of time to admire the Fish Ladder, we will certainly will be returning here when the Salmon are spawning. In the meantime we found this video, you can see the fish jumping towards the end.
Fossli Park Trail
Fossli Park trail is on Sprout Lake, west of Port Alberni. It was 40 minutes to get from the road to the lake.
The most difficult part was navigating the car down Sterling Arm rd, it was bumpy ride but well worth it, just keep your eyes peeled for the Fossli trail sign that will indicate the trail head, also it looks like there are two trails, take the lower one to reach beach. The trail was short and there was a little miniature park and beach.
Fossli park trail
Colliery Dam Park
The Colliery Dam is within the City of Nanaimo, the trailhead is easily found at the corner of Sixth and Wakesiah. It was a busy trail being in town and all, but there seemed to be a lot of different avenues that you could take, there was a quaint pond in the middle and some bridges that went over streams. We were able to do a 3K loop in just under an hour.
Colliery Dam
Holland Creek Trail
Holland Trail at EveryTrail
Last week we picked up "Hiking Trails 2" a guide book for trails in the Mid-Isle. This was our first book based trip and it was a long one. We went a bit off trail to reach a lookout point, and by the time we got back on track it had been 40 minutes and we hadn't even really started the Holland Creek Trail. We got back on track and completed the loop in 2.5hrs, total of 8.1 km.
Last week we picked up "Hiking Trails 2" a guide book for trails in the Mid-Isle. This was our first book based trip and it was a long one. We went a bit off trail to reach a lookout point, and by the time we got back on track it had been 40 minutes and we hadn't even really started the Holland Creek Trail. We got back on track and completed the loop in 2.5hrs, total of 8.1 km.
Englishman River Falls
A nice stroll through the classic Englishman River Falls, this trail is well marked and groomed paths the whole way, the major downside to Englishman River Falls is that it is way too short, and there are many trails that lead to dead ends. We wish you could follow the river for a longer distance, like you can at Little Qualicum.
