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PKOLS (Mount Douglas Park)
Nature & Parks · Gordon Head · Free
At roughly 184–188 hectares, the largest urban forest on the Saanich Peninsula, with more than 21 km of trails climbing to a summit panorama over the whole region. The park's name was officially restored to PKOLS — its SENĆOŦEN name, an important place for the W̱SÁNEĆ people — on August 15, 2022.
Place type
Nature & Parks
Area
Gordon Head
Price
Free — Public-land basis (explicit): the District of Saanich publishes PKOLS (Mount Douglas Park) as a public signature park with no admission product. Note: Saanich's page advises the Churchill Drive gate to the summit is closed Jan 19–Dec 1, 2026 for tower replacement — trails remain the way up during the closure.
Address
Cedar Hill Road, Gordon Head, Saanich, BC
Allow
2–3 hrs
Source of record: District of Saanich (official site) (official page) · Last reviewed 2026-11-03.
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