Cable Bay Trail

Cable Bay Trail
	Trail through the upper forest
Length	2 km (1 mi)
Location	Cedar, British Columbia
Trailheads	Nicola Road
Use	Hiking
Elevation
Elevation gain/loss	90m
Highest point	90m
Lowest point	0m
Hiking details
Trail difficulty	Easy
Sights	Beaches, old growth forest, birds and marine mammals
Hazards	Moderately steep section of trail and slippery rocks

The Cable Bay Trail is a 2 km hiking trail located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The trail has been ranked among the top ten forest walks in the Vancouver Island Region.[1]

The trail is accessed via Nicola Road in Cedar. The trail winds down to the oceanfront overlooking Gabriola Island through a coastal Douglas Fir forest, which leads down Joan Point Park, a 23 acre waterfront park which provides a vantage point overlooking Dodds Narrows. Dodds Narrows is a narrow tidal passage separating Vancouver Island from Mudge Island, which flows in opposing directions based on tidal flows. The narrows is a hot spot for marine activity and a popular marine passage between Nanaimo and the Southern Gulf Islands. Passage through Dodds Narrows is described in detail in Margaret Sharcott's 1957 book, Troller's Holiday.[2]

The trail also passes through Garry Oak ecosystems, and features in genetic studies of endangered Garry Oak populations.[3]

The Cable Bay Trail leading down through the forest
The trail leading through the woods

References

"Cathedral Grove Ranked Top Forest Walk In Vancouver Island Region". HuffPost Canada. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
Pagh, Nancy (1999). "An Indescribable Sea: Discourse of Women Traveling the Northwest Coast by Boat". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 20 (3): 1–26. doi:10.2307/3347216. JSTOR 3347216.
E., Catherall, Erin; K., Janes, Jasmine; A., Josefsson, Caroline; C., Gorrell, Jamieson (2018). "[Pre-print] Spatial and temporal assessments of genetic structure in an endangered Garry oak ecosystem on Vancouver Island". doi:10.25316/ir-409. ISSN 1916-2790. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] "Cathedral Grove Ranked Top Forest Walk In Vancouver Island Region". HuffPost Canada. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

[2] Pagh, Nancy (1999). "An Indescribable Sea: Discourse of Women Traveling the Northwest Coast by Boat". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 20 (3): 1–26. doi:10.2307/3347216. JSTOR 3347216.

[3] E., Catherall, Erin; K., Janes, Jasmine; A., Josefsson, Caroline; C., Gorrell, Jamieson (2018). "[Pre-print] Spatial and temporal assessments of genetic structure in an endangered Garry oak ecosystem on Vancouver Island". doi:10.25316/ir-409. ISSN 1916-2790. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)