Mount Douglas

Mount Douglas sits in northern Saanich East around the western and southern approaches to PKOLS, with Cedar Hill Road, Shelbourne Street and McKenzie Avenue providing the main connections to shops, schools and the rest of Greater Victoria.

PKOLS is the SENĆOŦEN name used for the mountain and park also known as Mount Douglas. The surrounding residential streets are often called Mount Douglas.

For a walk, look up the park’s public entrances and check the route from the house.

No. Use signed public entrances and confirm any private easement shown on title. A property beside parkland does not automatically have a right to create a gate, path or other access.

Use the designated entrances and see how the walk works in person. Confirm any claimed private access in the title documents. A path visible from a house may cross private land or lie outside the maintained network.

Compare sunlight, tree health and maintenance, drainage, boundary information and insurance considerations for the particular site. Inspect the building’s condition and obtain advice before relying on tree removal or expansion plans.

Look at tree condition, drainage and retaining walls and ask where the legal boundary sits. For a proposed addition or landscape change, confirm applicable rules with the District before assuming the work is possible.