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Copley Ridge Trails

Copley Ridge Trails is an access point situated along Knarston Creek near Lantzville, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island.

The trail network is managed through Recreation Sites and Trails BC and connects to several loop routes ranging from easy to challenging, including the Copley Ridge and Knarston Creek Loop and the Copley Ridge Recreation Loop.

The trails follow routes shaped by the area's logging history, tracing the original road built by pioneer farmer George Copley, who began logging his 40-acre farm during the World War I era and received BC's first Farm Woodlot licence in 1951.

The surrounding landscape features arbutus and fir forest, rocky ridges, and sweeping panoramic views stretching south to Mount Benson, east to Nanaimo, and north toward the ocean and Gulf Islands.


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