Day 27 · Planned
Royal Oak, Saanich
British Columbia
Royal Oak’s old hall and the peninsula trail
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- 12.1 miles
Day 27: 12.1 planned walking miles south from Sidney to Royal Oak, Saanich. The regional trail description does not guarantee an uninterrupted off-road passage.
Route overview, not turn-by-turn directions.
The planned 12.1-mile leg heads south from Sidney to Royal Oak, Saanich. A former municipal center and a railway trail give this suburban area a layered history.
Royal Oak includes the Falaise, Viewmont and Broadmead neighborhoods. Saanich’s heritage register describes it as a former administrative center: the original municipal hall on West Saanich Road remained in use until the present hall opened in 1965. The register also follows the area’s farming history and surviving heritage buildings.
The broader peninsula has a second historical connection in the Lochside Regional Trail. The Capital Regional District records a 29-kilometre route established in 2001, linking North Saanich, Sidney, Central Saanich and Saanich with Victoria. It follows a former railway corridor and includes stretches where trail users share public roads with other traffic.
The itinerary assigns 12.1 planned walking miles from Sidney to Royal Oak. Victoria follows to the south. The planned route continues down the peninsula toward the Inner Harbour and the later ferry to Port Angeles.
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Canada outside Québec — Canadian Blood Services
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Sources
Local history and background reading for this stop.
- Saanich heritage register: Royal Oak — checked Sep 5, 2026
- Lochside Regional Trail — checked Sep 5, 2026
