The lone wolf, Takaya, was relocated to an area near Port Renfrew by conservation officers in January 2020. The park was closed and attempts to trap the wolf were made, but these were unsuccessful, and it was decided to reopen the park.
In May 2012 a lone wolf took up residence on Discovery Island. Hikers can ascend the 38-metre (125 foot) Pandora Hill for improved views of the area and spectacular sweeping views of the Olympic Mountains.
The trail system runs from the lighthouse on Sea Bird Point to Commodore Point and across to the western shore of the park. There are gravel beaches and a few walking and hiking trails along the shores and through fir and arbutus woodlands. During the off-season, there is no fee and no services. There is a camping fee and services provided from May 1 - September 30. The home was designed on a nautical motif by the noted architect Francis Rattenbury.ĭiscovery Island Marine Provincial Park is open year round. Evidence of the Beaumonts' beautiful home and gardens overlooking Rudlin Bay can still be seen. Beaumont was an avid seaman and even in his 80s would regularly row his boat from Discovery Island to Ten Mile Point, where he would go for walks in the woods. Beaumont owned roughly 160 acres (half) of Discovery Island, and in his will gave his share of the island to the province of British Columbia (with the exception of 8.71 acres, which was transferred to Scouts Canada and later sold to private owners). He died in 1967 after living on Discovery Island with his wife for nearly half a century. Beaumont, who purchased part of the island in 1918. Sea Bird Point was named after an American paddle steamer which caught fire and was run aground in 1858 to save the lives of the crew.ĭesignated as a park in 1972, the uninhabited and undeveloped 61-hectare Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park was once the home of Captain E.G. The coast guard used to keep a truck on the island. The island has two homes for the light keeper's families, a helicopter pad, a diesel power generation station, a well, a water reservoir, a boathouse and dock. The lighthouse was built in 1886 and staffed for 110 years before being fully automated in 1996. These two straits form the border between Canada and the United States. The Lighthouse at Sea Bird Point, the eastern end of Discovery Island, marks the junction of the Haro and Juan De Fuca Straits. John Helmcken's efforts to vaccinate as many Songhees as he could, the Songhees were one of the few First Nations to survive the epidemic with few deaths. Due to their self-quarantine as well as HBC physician Dr. Some tried to join the refugees on Discovery Island, but the Songhees fought off such attempts. Other indigenous people, many already infected, were forced to leave the Victoria area. The adjacent Chatham Islands were named after his escort ship, HMS Chatham.ĭuring the early stages of the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic, which started in Victoria, almost all Songhees self-quarantined themselves by abandoning their villages and relocating en masse to Discovery Island. The northern portion of the island is part of Discovery Island Indian Reserve 3, under the control of the Songhees First Nation.ĭiscovery island was named in 1846 by surveyors in honour of HMS Discovery, the ship used by 18th-century British Explorer Captain George Vancouver to chart the coastline of British Columbia between 17 (see the Vancouver Expedition).
Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park occupies the southern portion of Discovery Island, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Oak Bay. For other islands with a similar name, see Discovery Island (disambiguation).ĭiscovery Island is located off the eastern side of Vancouver Island and is viewable from Ten Mile Point, near Cadboro Bay, and Oak Bay. This article is about the small island near Victoria, B.C.
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