Colliery Dams Park
We used to list this place as "Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park." It's not. In local vernacular, this multi-level series of lakes and dams and bridges is simply known as "Colliery Dams" or simply "the dams". The trail system, perhaps a little smaller in circumference than Westwood Lake's, runs a figure-eight around two manmade lakes, with a great deal of interesting geology (there is bouldering potential south of the causeway between the lakes) and beautiful lake views (stand on the causeway after a snowstorm for best effect).
Directions to Colliery Dams Park
To get to the Colliery Dams, drive south on Wakesiah Avenue, just below Malaspina University-College, and turn right at the 4-way stop onto Nanaimo Lakes Road, then look for the parking lot on your left. Or, go straight through the 4-way at Wakesiah and Nanaimo Lakes Rd., and you'll see a little parking lot on the right when the road turns left. Either route allows you to park close to a lake view (beware of thieves).