Rithet's Bog
Rithet’s Bog in Saanich is a 42-hectare wetland park with a 4 km trail, donated by the Guinness family and named after horse breeder and politician Robert Rithet
Location
Saanich, B.C.
About
Rithet’s Bog is a municipal park in the Royal Oak area of Saanich
The park is named after Robert Patterson Rithet, a Victoria businessman and politician who raised thoroughbred horses
In 1995, the Guinness family donated the 42 hectares of wetlands that the bog sits on to Saanich and eventually a four km trail was built around the bog
Lands
lək ̓ ʷəŋən peoples represented by the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations
W̱ SÁNEĆ peoples represented by the W̱ JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱ SIḴEM (Tseycum) and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) Nations
Amenities
Interpretive signs
Trails
View/lookout
Parking
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