Events Calendar

Nature Club Upcoming Events

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Christian Reformed Church at the bottom of Roger St at 7 PM.

For Details on Events, email [email protected] Non-members and guests are welcome, but have to sign a waiver, and will be asked to join after two guest visits.

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March 2025

•Mar. 1 – Birding – location to be announced

•Mar. 11 – Club Meeting (Penny Hall Birds of Broome, Australia)

•Mar. 15 – Nature hike to Meconella Bluff
Meconella Bluff is located above the first section of the Log Train Trail. It offers nice views of the Alberni Valley. This morning hike is up a steep road to the bluff. We will meet at the north end of Horn Lake Road in Cherry Creek at 9:00AM and walk the Log Train Trail to where the road branches off it. Besides the views this is the location of an a tiny white poppy called the White Meconella. It is one of the rarest plants in Canada, and the biggest colony is found here. It blooms any time between between early March and mid April.

•Mar. 20 – Nature hike to Three Sisters big trees near the Lookout

Join us on a hike to Twin Sisters big trees near the Lookout by Coombs Country Candy. Access is via a rough road above the railway tracks, a moderately steep ascent. The trail to the big trees forks off from the road and descends into a deep green world. Mosses and lichen blanket the rugged landscape. Meet up at 9:00 at Victoria Quay to carpool or 9:15 at the Lookout parking area east of Coombs Country Candy where it meets Log Train Trail.

•Mar. 29 – Birding – To Rathtrevor Provincial Park.

Meet at Victoria Quay at 9:00AM to arrange Carpool. It’s a 45 minute drive one way. The tide will be dropping while we are there. Bring a snack. Bring extra clothes to cut the wind.

APRIL 2025

  • Apr 3 – Visit China Creek to seethe Pink Fawn Lilies
  • Apr. 5- Travel to Oceanside for Brant observation
  • Apr. 8 – Club Meet (speaker to be announced)
  • Apr. 17 – Nature hike to cabin at Sproat Woodlands
  • Apr. 19 – Transition Town Garage Sale. We have a table to raise funds. We need a couple of volunteers to manage the table.
  • Apr. 28 -Travel to Oceanside for Traditional Plant Workshop
  • Saturday Birding -dates and locations to be announced

MAY 2025

  • May 8 – Wildflower viewing at Devils Den Lake
  • May 10 -Broom busting at Somass Estuary
  • May 13 -Club Meet (speaker to be announced)
  • May 22 – Turtle observation at Turtle Lake
  • Saturday Birding – dates and locations to be announced.

June 2025

July 2025

  • July 19 -Visit to Sutton Pass Ecological Reserve to see the Northern Adder’s Tongue Fern