Beacon Hill Park

Beacon Hill Park
View towards the Strait and the Olympic Range
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TypePublic park
LocationVictoria, British Columbia
Created1882
Operated byCity of Victoria
Websitewww.victoria.ca/parks-recreation/parks-trails/our-parks/beacon-hill-park
A view of the Goodacre Lake fountain and pond inside the park, seen with many dabbling ducks

Beacon Hill Park is a 75 ha (183 acre) park located along the shore of Juan de Fuca Strait in Victoria, British Columbia. The park is popular both with tourists and locals, and contains a number of amenities including woodland and shoreline trails, two playgrounds, a waterpark, playing fields, a petting zoo, tennis and pickleball courts, many ponds, and landscaped gardens.

The name of the park refers to Beacon Hill, a hill located at the park's southern end. The traditional name of the hill is míqәn (pronounced "MEE-qan", sometimes spelled Meegan or Meeacan) to the Songhees people, meaning "warmed by the sun".[1][2]

  1. ^ Paquet, Maggie (1986). The B.C. Parks Explorer (First ed.). Vancouver: Whitecap Books. p. 57. ISBN 0-920620-63-9.
  2. ^ "lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Territory". Songhees Nation. Retrieved 2023-12-12.