Comox Valley Nature

SUNDAY May 1: (PUBLIC WALK) Bird watching at Cumberland Marsh with Cumberland Recreation.

Time and place will be publicly announced by Cumberland Recreation. This is free for CVN members. A fee of $10 will be charged by Cumberland to the general public. All funds raised are donated by L. Maingon for children’s education.

Generally: Meet at Cumberland at Jumbo’s cabin. There is a small parking area off Comox Lake Road. Watch for the No. 1 Japanese Townsite sign on Comox Lake Road for access to the parking area..

Saturday, April 24: Fawn Lily Walk – Exhibition Grounds, Courtenay.
Meet at 9:30AM at the Exhibition Grounds parking lot beside the Comox Valley Curling Club on Headquarters Road across from Vanier High School.

Saturday, April 16. Helliwell Park, Hornby Island.
Meet at the parking lot at the ferry terminal at Buckley Bay for car pooling. Parking lot is on the west side of the coast highway, slightly south of the terminal turn-off.
Meet at 8:30AM at Buckley Bay upper parking lot, for the 9:00AM ferry departure. Leaving Hornby Island on the 2 PM ferry.

Saturday, April 9^th. Elk Falls, Campbell River.
Meet at Courtenay Country Market at 9:00 AM or at Elk Falls at 9:45AM (to the right off the main highway to Gold River. It is well signed).

Saturday, April 2: (PUBLIC WALK). Puntledge River from Comox Lake – east side.
Meet at Harmston at 9:00AM or at Comox Lake at 9:30AM.
Meet at the Upper Dam. (Follow Comox Lake Road and turn right at the Rod and Gun Club).

Saturday, March 26: Bowser Ecological Reserve.
Meet at Harmston at 9:00AM or at the Reserve at 9:30AM. See: < www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/eco_reserve >

Saturday, March 19: Headquarters Townsite Park.
Meet at the Park at 9:30AM.
Take Headquarters Road out of Courtenay. At T-junction with Merville Road, take left, and left again on Fitzgerald Road. Take right on Farnham Road to the park. See map at http://www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/assets/Community/Documents/HeadquatersTownsiteParklocationmap.pdf

Saturday, March 12: Seal Bay Park.
Meet at the Courtenay Country Market on highway 19A at 9:00AM or the west entrance to Seal Bay Park – Fitzell Road off Langlois Road at 9:30AM.

Saturday, March 5: (PUBLIC WALK). Union Bay Coal Hills (Herring Spawn).
Meet at Harmston at 9:00AM or at Union Bay at 9:30AM.

Saturday, February 27: Nile Creek, Qualicum Bay (See “Trout Unlimited”: http://www.tucanada.org/index.asp?p=2072 ).
Meet at Harmston at 9:00AM.