Description: The VIT is the longest trail route on Vancouver Island at nearly 800 km. It is a living trail that changes over time based on weather, water levels and human activities, a continuous non-motorized trail that passes through the traditional territories of many Indigenous Peoples from the Songhees in the south to the Tlatlasikwala in the north.
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Vancouver Island Trail
Close to home, Vancouver Island Trail on completion will be one of the longest trails in British Columbia at nearly 800 kilometers. A continuous trail that passes through the traditional territories of many Indigenous Peoples from the Songhees in the south to the Tlatlasikwala in the north. Along the way it showcases a great diversity of island landscapes and scenery.
Vancouver Island Trail begins on the traditional territory of the WSÁNEĆ, Lkwungen, Wyomilth peoples of the Coast Salish Nation who continue to maintain a profound and spiritual connection to the Land.