Maps – THE VANCOUVER ISLAND TRAIL

Current Status of the VI Trail

Completed sections of the Trail, sections mostly in place apart from some minor gaps and incomplete marking, as well as the two main gaps in the Trail, are shown on the map below:

Map Legend

Current Status of the Vancouver Island Trail

Sections of the VI Trail

Click the links below for a brief description and current status of various sections of the VI Trail, and to download and view GPS tracks.

For more detail, take a look at the Guidebook and check out the Blog for recent updates.


Galloping Goose Trail	Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail	Cowichan Trail	Lake Cowichan Section	Tuck Lake Trail	Runners Trail
Alberni Inlet Trail	Log Train Trail	Beaufort Crest Route (incomplete)	Strathcona Park Trails	Strathcona Gap (incomplete)
Salmon/White River Section	Schoen Section	Englewood Rail Trail	Bonanza Gap (incomplete)	'Namgis Trail	Suquash Section
Port Hardy to Shushartie Water route	Georgie Lake Gap (incomplete)	North Coast Trail

To view a more detailed topographic base map (also capable of zooming in/out), see a map of the VI Trail in story map format – right click on Story Map Format

(you might have to select “Open link in new tab”)

You can choose either a topographic base-map or a satellite imagery base using the ‘Basemap’ tab (the other available options are not very useful). You can then pan around the map and zoom in and out as desired.