'''Strathcona Provincial Park''' is on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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History

Landscape

Flora and fauna

Climate

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West of Campbell River, the Park is near the middle of Vancouver Island.

Fees/Permits

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See

Do

Hiking

  • '''Flower Ridge Trail'''. The trailhead for this trail is located immediately South of Henshaw Creek near the Southeast side of Buttle Lake. There is significant parking and an info board just North of the creek. The trail rises 1200m during its six kilometers. It is easy to follow without large switch-backs. It took a group of hikers with moderate experience about 5 hours to the edge of the ridge and 2.5 hours down.
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    Lodging

    Tourism Mount Washington

    Tourism Mount Washington offers a wide choice of accommodation for families and groups looking to hike in Strathcona Park. The Paradise Meadows trail head is located at Mount Washington's Raven Lodge allowing visitors to walk from their fully self contained on mountain accommodation to the trail head to access wheelchair accessible boardwalk trails through alpine meadows, day hikes or multi-day hikes through BC's oldest Provincial Park. http://www.tourismmountwashington.com

    Camping

    Backcountry

    Along the Flower Ridge Trail there are isolated pads in the wooded area at the edge of the ridge, but about an hour farther on there is a barren area with approximately five pads on the edge of a cliff with an impressive panoramic view. Some large rocks have been collected near the pads to hold down tent corners as the dirt is not deep enough for stakes and there is no shelter from wind (so please don't throw them off the cliff). The sparse trees are very stunted so animals might be deterred by hanging food off the cliff.

    Fires are not allowed in the backcountry.

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