Today I want to point you in the direction of a super accessible local park that you may not have heard too much about. Shoal Harbour Bird Sanctuary is right in downtown Sidney, and while definitely an urban park rather than a wilderness one, it boasts some pretty fantastic ocean vistas. My favourite way to check out the view and the birds there is to head out onto Resthaven Island, a little point of land that's separated from the mainland by an itty bitty channel (and joined by a short and sturdy two-lane bridge). There's a well-maintained loop trail there - it's actually a municipal park, a narrow one that skirts the edge of the island.