Campground
at Prior Centennial Park, North Pender |
Prior Centennial
Park is located on North Pender Island in the Gulf Islands, set
in the shade of a thick forest of ferns, cedar, fir, maple and alder
trees.
Prior Centennial
Park is a part of the Gulf Islands National
Park Reserve, which protects a portion of British Columbia’s
beautiful southern Gulf Islands, a landscape of rocky headlands,
forested hills and shorelines studded with colourful tidepools.
One of Canada’s
newest national parks, Gulf
Islands National Park resembles
a patchwork quilt of protected lands scattered over 15 larger islands,
and many smaller islets and reefs.
Campsite
at Prior Centennial Park, Pender Islands |
The 16-hectare
Prior Centennial Park has a small campground - the only public campground
on the Pender Islands - providing 17 drive-in vehicle/tent campsites.
The campsite is a great base from which to explore the rest of the
Pender Islands. Facilities at Prior Centennial include pit toilets,
a fresh water pump, fire pits, and picnic tables. Reservations
are recommended during the summer months. Phone 1-800-689-9025 to
reserve a campsite.
There is a
short 1-km walking trail in the campground, the Heart Trail,
covering 2 kilometres for the out and back trail. The trail is moderately
easy, but does have two steep hills. The trail leads to Ketch Road
on the western boundary of the park, where it continues and links
up with Schooner Way, Golf Island Disc Park (Disc Golf), and Bosun
Way and Galleon Way in Magic Lake Estates.
Within walking
distance from the Prior Centennial Campground you can reach Hamilton
Beach on Port Browning and Medicine Beach on Bedwell Harbour, both
ideal for beachcombing, a picnic, or a refreshing swim.
Bird's-eye
view of the Pender Islands |
Prior Centennial
Park is located on North Pender
Island, in the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, 4
miles (6 km) southeast of the Otter Bay Ferry Terminal. Access to
the park is off Canal Road.
BC Ferries provides
a vehicle and passenger ferry service to Otter
Bay Ferry Terminal from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island (Victoria)
and from Tsawwassen, south of Vancouver on the BC mainland.
Prior Centennial
Park is located close to Mount Norman Park
and Beaumont Marine Park on South Pender
Island, both of which are also part of the Gulf Islands National
Park Reserve.
The shoreline
of North and South Pender Islands attracts kayakers, canoeists,
fisherman and scuba divers. Cycling is a great way to explore the
islands as there are so many roads and beautiful beaches to discover.
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