Saanich West BC, Heritage Walking Tours along
Admirals Rd., Gorge Rd. and along Colquitz Rd and Inlet Ave.
We all know, Greater Victoria is Pfanntastic for walking, with the trails, its history, and many areas of amazing beauty.
A great and totally free way to experience some of the unique areas of Greater Victoria is by completing one of the 3 (or all three) Saanich Heritage Walking Tours.
Today we want to introduce a Great Saanich West Heritage Walking Tour along Admirals R, Beautiful Gorge Rd., and Historic Colquitz and Inlet Ave.
Heritage Walking Tours offer new and longterm residents as well as visitors a totally different perspective of the neighbourhood that you may have lived in for years, or are just learning to appreciate for the first time.
This type of walking tours allows you to combine a little walking with a little light history lesson stimulating both the mind and the muscles at the same time...... We congratulate the District of Saanich for this excellent initiative and we hope you will enjoy this Walking tour with friends and family.
This Self Guided Heritage Tour will take you along a number of historical location and points of 
interest starting from Craigflower Park along Admirals Rd., Gorge Rd., Colquitz Ave. Cowper St., Inlet Ave., back on to Gorge Rd and to the Craigflower Park, parking lot.
Along the way you will see the Beautiful Gorge Inlet, the historic homes and properties of people that shaped and formed much of the history and current lay out of what we now know as The Gorge, in Saanich West.
Many of the homes, trees and surroundings where build and or planted near the 1910's, and offer an interesting look back in time.
From the Craigflower 1855 school house to the striking look of the John Di Castri designed home on Colquitz Ave. there will we many very interesting properties entertaining you along your 30- 45 min. tour.
To guide you along the way of this excellent Heritage Walking Tour, The district of Saanich has created a handy free Heritage Walking Tour Map for the Admirals to Colquitz Walk, that you can download from this site
This excellent walking tour map offers the locations and stories about the homes, the area and its checkered history as you walk along this very enjoyable walking tour. Have fun on your tour and let us know what part of the walk you enjoyed the most....
Additional resources about Saanich can be found here
Sources for this post and the walking tour information provided include:
• The Saanich Archives http://www.saanich. ca/ webapp/saanich Archives/ located at the Centennial Library.
• Area residents who generously gave their time and knowledge.
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Please enjoy The Saanich Heritage Walking Tour along Admirals Rd., Gorge Rd. and along Colquitz Rd and Inlet Ave.
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