Ferry Tales & Victoria Trails

Race Location and Course

• Location: Elk Lake Regional Park in Victoria, BC.
• Swim: A single-loop 1.9 km swim in the freshwater of Elk Lake with a rolling start at Hamsterly Beach Park.
• Bike: A challenging single-loop 90 km course featuring rolling hills, technical turns, and stunning regional views.
• Run: A 21.1 km shaded two-loop trail run around the park area.

Key Dates and Schedule

• Athlete Check-In: Friday, May 22 (12 PM – 6 PM) and Saturday, May 23 (9 AM – 4 PM).
• Rolldown Ceremony: Sunday, May 24 at 3:30 PM.

Craigdarroch Castle is a historic Victorian-era mansion located in the Rockland neighborhood of Victoria, British Columbia, built as a grand symbol of wealth by wealthy coal baron Robert Dunsmuir between 1887 and 1890. Designated as a National Historic Site of Canada, this 25,000-square-foot "bonanza castle" features 39 beautifully restored rooms, 17 fireplaces, a substantial collection of original stained glass windows, and a majestic grand staircase prefabricated in Chicago.

https://thecastle.ca/plan/plan-your-visit/

• Adults — $24.50
• Seniors (65+) — $22.00

Gardens British Columbia was the brainchild of a few hardy garden marketers, led by Dave Cowen of The Butchart Gardens. Also known as Gardens BC, the official name is registered as the British Columbia Garden Tourism Coalition Society, a not-for-profit society in British Columbia. 

​​​​​Gardens BC is a “coalition of public gardens working together to promote visiting and experiencing British Columbia’s diversity of gardens and garden experiences.” The membership mix of Gardens BC reflects the widely varying nature of the garden experience in the province and provides an opportunity to examine the tourism industry sector approach to provide effective marketing and promotion for export-ready gardens and garden communities.

Garden tourism sector development addresses the special leisure interest market and the post-visit garden tourism consumer.  Through collaboration and targeted messaging to inbound travel companies, Gardens BC has fostered the development and coordination to collectively market BC as a garden destination. This is our reason to be!

Miniature World -- one of the most popular tourist attractions in downtown Victoria, BC, Canada. Your visit here will be a memorable experience for years to come. You'll feel a lasting desire to return! Welcome to the little people's Wonderful World of Smallness, walk down its road -- step into the Story Books of fact, fiction and fantasy. Return to those fond memories of yesteryear, those childhood dreams and history's greatest moments! Buy your Yearly Season's Pass today! See the World's Smallest Operational Sawmill, 11 years in the making.

The Royal BC Museum is one of Canada’s most prominent cultural repositories, located right next to the Parliament Buildings in the Inner Harbour of Victoria, British Columbia. Founded in 1886, it showcases the comprehensive natural and human history of the province. [1, 2, 3]

Beacon Hill Park Story Pole

Key Facts & Dimensions

• Height: It stands at an impressive 127 feet, 7 inches (38.9 meters) tall.
• Location: Situated within the scenic Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
• Material: Crafted from a single, massive 133-foot western red cedar tree sourced from nearby Sooke, BC.

Breakwater Lighthouse, victoria

The Breakwater Lighthouse, historically known as the Ogden Point Breakwater Lighthouse, is an iconic maritime beacon located at the outer tip of the Ogden Point Breakwater in Victoria, British Columbia. Built in 1916 to guide vessels safely into Victoria’s Inner Harbour, this standalone white concrete tower sits at the end of a popular 762-meter (2,500-foot) seawall. It offers breathtaking 360-degree views of the Salish Sea and the Olympic Mountains.

A renowned 55-acre display garden and National Historic Site of Canada, open to visitors since 1904. It is just outside the map viewport, but is the specific Butchart attraction near Royal Oak.

Historic Edwardian mansion at Hatley Park, surrounded by formal gardens and forest trails. Visitors can explore the grounds and gardens; castle interior access is limited to scheduled tours.

Malahat SkyWalk A 600-metre elevated forest walkway leads to a spiral tower with panoramic views over the Salish Sea and Vancouver Island. The site has free parking, including RV parking.

Fort Rodd & Fisgard Lighthouse Historic lighthouse on Fisgard Island at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, accessible from Fort Rodd Hill by causeway. It is about 30 km from the Duncan map area, just beyond the viewport but immediately around it.

Shafer Historical Museum is an outdoor, pioneer-themed museum village tucked just one block above Main Street in Winthrop, Washington. It preserves and showcases the early settlement, mining, and agricultural history of the Methow Valley from the 1880s through the 1940s. [1, 2, 3]

A western-themed saloon and restaurant in downtown Winthrop serving meals and drinks. It is located at 176 Riverside Avenue, within the search area.