This Sunshine Coast Adventure; Kinnikinnick Park is a public
park located in the community of Sechelt, B.C. The park is a popular
destination for picnics, team sports and short walks. Along with
the squirrels playing in the wooded park, there are also locals
looking to play like sport teams arriving to play a game of baseball
on one of the 2 baseball fields or the one soccer field.
Families visit Kinnikinnick Park so kids can
play in the adventure playground and release some energy. Onsite
is a small and large concession area to quench the thirst. There
are several easy walking trails properly marked at the entrance
of the park. The longest trail, pink trail, is a short loop walk
leading to an Bald Eagles nesting area. The shorter trails are
all connector trails intersecting each other.
The Kinnikinnick Park is named after a west
coast low lying shrub, Kinnikinnick, which is
also referred to as "Bear Berry". A resilient berry
surviving on the cusp between where the sand meets forest. The
Kinnikinnick plant produces beautiful tiny pink flowers first
and as the natural cycle progresses the flowers turn into bright
red berries.
Access to Kinnikinnick Park: Follow Hwy 101
into the community of Sechelt, BC, on the Sunshine Coast. Turn
right on Trail Avenue which will turn into Reef Road. At Shoal
Way take a left and then a right on Lookout Avenue. On Ripple
Way take a left and continue past the Sechelt Golf Club and onto
Kinnikinnick Park. |
Kinnikinnick
Sechelt