Today was a hiking day on trails in Ladysmith, a town (population of about 10,000) just under 15 minutes north of Chemainus. We had found a map that identified scenic views on a couple trails, one being the Holland Creek Trail. We started there. It was very green and almost rainforest like. The trail was well marked.
from one housing development to maybe a new, future development.
After we did the one side of the Holland Creek Trail, we crossed over it to do the Rotary Lookout Trail for one of the noted views on the route. The trail was an easy 15 minute uphill, but the promised scenic view was less exciting than we had hoped..
After the Rotary Lookout, we attempted to find the viewpoints on the Heart Lake Trail, but we ended up giving up. It took us awhile to find the Heart Lake Trail from the connector trail from the Holland Trail. We were working with a poor map out of a tourist brochure as the trail had run out of maps and didn’t post a large picture of the trail as per usual. Once we finally found the Heart Lake Trail, it was not well defined and was not well marked or blazed. After at least 1k of steep uphill, we decided just to head back to the car.
Peckish Travels 