Saanich

Worth seeing in and around Saanich

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Dominion Astrophysical Observatory

   The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government. The Dominion architect responsible for the building was Edgar Lewis Horwood.

   4.9 km · observatory in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Elk Lake

   Elk Lake is a large lake located in Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park in Saanich, British Columbia. Elk Lake and Beaver Lake are actually one lake as a shallow channel connects them.

   3.1 km · lake in Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Island View Beach

   Island View Beach is located on the Eastern Cordova shore of the Saanich Peninsula, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Much of the southern part of the foreshore make up the public Island View Beach Regional Park.

   2.6 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park

   The Elk/Beaver Regional Park is a 1,072-acre park in Saanich, British Columbia, containing Elk Lake and Beaver Lake. Elk/Beaver Lake was known as the "Freshwater Playground of Victoria" in its heyday, the 1930s and 1940s.

   3.8 km · Park in Saanich, British Columbia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Saanich

Airports

Victoria (YYJ), 12 km · Vancouver (YVR), 73 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 146 km

• Vancouver → Saanich

  80 km · quickest by road, 5h 12m · C$20–26
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• Kelowna → Saanich

  319 km · quickest by air, 4h 29m · C$140–210
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• Calgary → Saanich

  721 km · quickest by air, 4h 45m · C$180–270
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No local-transport research exists yet for Saanich

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Saanich. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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