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American Camp Visitor Center on Daily Schedule
The American Camp visitor center will be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily through Friday, June 2. Grounds are open sunrise to 11 p.m. The English Camp visitor center opens June 2. Grounds are open 8 a.m. to sunset. More »
Prescribed Fire on Young Hill
Prescribed Fire on Young HillPrescribed fire is part of a continuing program designed to help restore the area’s Garry oak woodland on Young Hill by decreasing competition from species such as snowberries, found in abundance on the lower slopes of Young Hill, according to park superintendent Peter Dederich. Prescribed burns have shown the importance of fire in the Garry oak ecosystem, as a bounty of seedling oaks have been found in following years. |
Did You Know?
Many of San Juan Island's roads trace sheep runs cut by Hudson's Bay Company workers. They were led, in part, by Fort Victoria Chief Factor and colonial Gov. James Douglas, from 1853 to 1859. Many of the workers were Cowichan Indians from Vancouver Island.