English Camp - Part 2

One of the first things the Royal Marines did when they established the camp was to build a vegetable garden. Later when the camp was established, they turned it in to a formal walking garden much like at home in England. It was done to please the wives of the soldiers and beautify their surroundings. The trail above the formal garden was the officers quarters.
View of the formal garden from the Officer's Quarters.

This beautiful maple is 340 years old, predating the camp and enjoyed by not only today's tourists, the farmer who owned the land after the English left, the Royal Marines and the Native peoples before them. A midden was dug here the last time we were on the site (about 25 years ago if you can imagine that) and many remnants of the Salish peoples were found. There is also a beautiful shell beach at low tide.

Richard in the field on Young Hill surrounded by Gary Oak trees that have been reforested to approximate the original flora on the island.