| Location: On the shore of the Stirling Arm portion of Sproat Lake. It can be reached from any boat launch on Sproat Lake. There is also land access from a logging road that follows the south shore of Sproat Lake. It is about 10 km West of Port Alberni as the crow flies. A Backroad Mapbook for Vancouver Island is recommended as the best way to find the right road to the park as there are no signs.
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| Location: On Highway 4, about 15 minutes or 14 km West of Parksville or 25 km East of Port Alberni.
Description: Little Qualicum Park Falls Provincial park is a very popular park because of the impressive set of falls, the gorge through which the Little Qualicum River runs and the large campsite.
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| Location: The Log Train Trail extends along the base west side of the Beaufort Mountains in the Alberni Valley. It begins about a kilometer east of the city and ends 25 km to the NW at the end of Sommers Road.
Description: This Linear Regional Park is intended for day use. It is suitable for family outings by horse, bike or foot. the trail is mostly wooded but also offers scenic views of the valley from openings where farm fields abut the trail.
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| Location: On Highway 4, about 15 minutes or 16 km east of Port Alberni and 30 km West of Parksville. The highway bisects MacMillan Park (or Cathedral Grove) and lies on the western shore of Cameron Lake.
Description: Macmillan Provincial Park is one of the most popular parks in British Columbia. It is the home of Cathedral Grove, one of the most famous groves of large trees in the world.
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| Location: Mount Arrowsmith, as the crow flies, is about 16 miles East of Port Alberni and 20 miles SW of Qualicum Beach. Access to the parks is by a logging road that leaves Highway 4 about 7 km west of the parking lot at Cathedral Grove. A Backroad Mapbook for Vancouver Island is recommended as the best way to find the right road to the park as there are no signs.
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| Location: The park headquarters is two hours west of Port Alberni on Highway 4.
Description: Pacific Rim National Park is a spectacular park on the outside edge of southern Vancouver Island. The next stop is Japan!
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| Location: 15 minutes and 13 km (8 mi) west of Port Alberni on Highway 4.
Description: Sproat Lake Provincial Park a provincial park that is as popular with the locals as it is with visitors. Located on the Northeast shore of Sproat Lake, it has a large camping area, a boat ramp and a sandy beach.
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| Location: 15 minutes Northwest of Port Alberni on Beaver Creek Road off Highway 4. The drive from the turn off is about 15 minutes.
Description: The most unique feature of Stamp River Provincial Park is Stamp Falls, an impressive cataract that enters a canyon full of deep pools.
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| Location: Strathcona Provincial park occupies the rugged, mountainous heart of Vancouver Island. There are two main entrances. One, to the Forbidden Plateau area, is perhaps the most popular. This entrance is located about 30 km West of Courtenay following the road to mount Washington. The other main entrance is where the park headquarters is. It is located 50 km West of Campbell River on Buttle Lake via Hwy 28. Two other entrances exist.
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| Location: On Highway 4, about 20 minutes or 21 km West of Port Alberni
Description: Taylor Arm Provincial Park is composed of two separate parcels of woodland along Sproat Lake. It is primarily a day-use park. But it does have a good sized group campground in the bigger and more eastern of the two parcels.
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