Haida Gwaii Parks and Places
Sleeping Beauty Hiking Trail
The Sleeping Beauty Trail is the best known rainforest trail in an area of many trails. The trail is very vertical with plenty of opportunity for stair climbing, rope climbing and depending on the seasons, trekking though mud and navigating around wash-outs.
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Queen Charlotte City
St. Mary Spring Trail
The St. Mary Spring Trail near Skidegate BC is a short single track climb up the side of a hill to some views of Hecate Strait.The significance of the trail is the drinking fountain, the Madonna wooden carving and the legendary words.
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
A massive 1470 square km wilderness park which includes evidence of a deep spiritual history of the Haida people throughout the park. As, far back as 10,000 years ago, the land of Gwaii Haanas was home to the Haida people.
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Kumdis River Trail
The Kumdis River Trail is located north east of Port Clements, adjacent the Kumdis River Bridge.
Read moreHighway 16
Port Clements
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Charlie Hartie Creek Trail
Charlie Hartie Creek is a short out and back trail located at the top of 6th street, off 1st Ave.
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Queen Charlotte
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Naikoon Provincial Park
A Haida Gwaii park includes sandy beaches, rolling sand dunes, forested old growth hiking trails, wetlands, bogs, rock cliffs, marine tidal pools, viewing look-outs, historical shipwrecks, forests populated with wildlife.
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Tlell
Skidegate Lake
One of the larger accessible fresh water lakes on Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii Islands Archipelago. The lake, as well as Mosquito Lake, is a popular destination for fishing, canoeing and swimming.
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Donald Henkel Memorial Trail
This extremely short trail is located approximately 2 kilometers south of Port Clements, along Highway 16. Blink and you'll miss it!
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Port Clements
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Jungle Beach
Jungle Beach has plenty of parking, a wooden picnic shelter, pit toilets and some personality. The Black Bear marks the pull out area of the park when driving along Hwy 16.
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Skidegate
Delkatla Wildlife Sanctuary
The bird sanctuary draws many to the west coast to view the 140 or so bird species who visit yearly. Seasons play a big part as birds are migratory. Spring, summer, fall and winter all bring different wildlife guests to the Delkatla Wildlife Sanctuary.
Read moreTrumpeter Drive
Masset
Andrews Place Road Trail
Andrews Place Road
Tlell
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Regier Lake Trail
Access Regier Lake Trail on 3rd Avenue in Queen Charlotte. This is a steep hike, but is full of rewarding views + a tranquil lake
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Queen Charlotte
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Balance Rock
There are some who refer to Balance Rock as the centre of spirituality. It is one of the many natural spiritual forces at work on Haida Gwaii. The best time to view the rock is at low tide.
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Skidegate
Nadu Homestead Trail
One of the historic settler trails in the area, this trail crosses the Nadu River and introduces you to the bog environment and settler remnants
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Port Clements
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Haida Canoe Trail
Found along the Port Man Forest Service Road just east of the Mamin River, this is a 400 metre one-way crescent-shaped trail that leads you through the woods and across a creek to an unfinished Haida canoe.
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Port Clements
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