Pipers Lagoon Park
Pipers Lagoon Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia
About Pipers Lagoon Park, Nanaimo, BC
Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island has many beautiful parks and beaches but one of the most popular is Pipers Lagoon Park which features hiking trails with stunning views of the ocean and the surrounding islands, as well as rocky cliffs that look down on picture-perfect coves of clear ocean water. It is a great place to sit and relax on one of the strategically placed benches and watch the sunrise or sunset. The park is around 8-hectares and has many different trails with spectacular lookouts.
The bluffs and driftwood stacked beaches are reminiscent of parts of Northern California and have similar vegetation such as; arbutus trees and Garry Oaks.
Pipers Lagoon Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia
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How to Get There
Address: 3600 Place Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9T 5T7
Map of Pipers Lagoon Park
Wildlife
Pipers Lagoon is a great location to go bird-watching and has many different species including; seagulls, sandpipers, horned grebes, loons, kingfishers, oystercatchers, and great blue herons. Other wildlife commonly spotted from the bluffs include whales, dolphins, seals, and otters.
Pipers Lagoon Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Shack Island
This tiny island can be explored at low tide when the shallow waters that separate Pipers Lagoon from Neck Point become accessible. There are small fishing shacks on the island, hence the name “Shack Island” and they are occupied periodically by First Nations people, whose ancestors have hunted the lagoon’s waters for centuries.
Pipers Lagoon Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia
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