Archive for June, 2008

An abundance of local hiking trails

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

To take in the striking scenery of the Lakes District, put on a pair of comfortable hiking boots and head out on one of more than two dozen trails maintained by the Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society.

Barkerville Provincial Park

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Barkerville has three campgrounds located adjacent to Barkerville Historic Town. The first, Lowhee Campground, is the largest with 87 secluded sites. Showers and flush toilets are on-site and a sani-

Hiking the many trails around Burns Lake

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

If you are looking for a hike that is suitable for the whole family, the 2.1 km Rod Reid Nature trail, with its easy, wide, level-ground path is ideal for children and seniors. The trail circles aroun

Abundance of Fishing

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Every year, both locals and visitors take advantage of the Lakes District’s 3000 miles of fishing opportunity making it one of the greatest fishing destinations in British Columbia.

Lakes in the area

You are invited to visit Granisle

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Located 49 km North of Topley on Highway 118, Granisle overlooks beautiful Babine Lake; the longest natural fresh water lake in British Columbia.

The Village is accessible by the only paved road into

Canada’s oldest Chinatown celebrates its 150th Anniversary

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Colourful clothes, dim sum restaurants and trinket shops delight tourists as they stroll Canada’s oldest Chinatown, but a more careful inspection will reveal many insights into the people who settled

Putting a round

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

The golf scene in Greater Victoria just keeps getting better.

Conde Nast recently voted Vancouver Island as the best golfing destination in North America, thanks it part to two of many challenging

Royal BC Museum draws on province to tell its story

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

The party has started. Nelly Furtado is all glammed up and ready for a night out, but it seams someone forgot to tell David Suzuki; he came naked. He wasn’t alone though, Pamela Anderson and the Islan

Blooming Victoria

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Pity the peony and sympathize with the snapdragon. For they and their summer cousins have been serving extended sentences in our local greenhouses, waiting to be paroled to a happier place.

Like the

Built by the Sea

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

For people who have relocated to Victoria in the recent past, say 20 years or so, the notion of the city as a hub of shipbuilding might seem rather foreign.

Yet, the B.C. capital was indeed a thrivin