Maps + Location

Summit Park is located in the Georgia Depression ecoprovince, the Eastern Vancouver Island ecoregion, and in the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone.

Unexposed to the harshness of the west coast, this location has long dry summers and mild wet winters making it possibly the best climate in Canada.

Saanich Ecosystems are home to rare, unique and sensitive species.

Rock outcrops are common, and wetland habitats and dry forests inhabit this zone.

Summit Park is a Gary oak meadow parkland:

Garry oak trees make up the bulk of the tree species that grow here. This tree is unique to the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone. There is also the occasional Deodar cedar or Fire Cherry tree. It has rock outcrops, mosses, colorful spring flowers, rare species, and endangered plants as well as shrubs like the common snowberry. The Georgia Depression has the longest growing season in BC and gets around 883mm/year of rain.

Wildfires once played an important role in this ecosystem and this Garry oak meadow has adapted to surviving fires. Many of the plant species are pioneer species or have evolved to be fire resistant. The City of Victoria sometimes does a controlled burn in the park. 

Summit Park 

Longitude: -123.35458

Latitude: 48.4455795

Highest elevation: 68m