page_title: Goldstream Provincial Park
section_title: Gold rush
hierarchical_section_title: Goldstream Provincial Park / Gold rush
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to abandoned gold mine in Goldstream park leftover from a short lived gold rush at Goldstream, just outside of Victoria, British Columbia in 1863.
context_page_description: Goldstream Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is known for the annual fall salmon runs in the Goldstream River, and the large numbers of bald eagles that congregate to feed at that time. The total size of the park is 3.79 km². It is located in the city of Langford, British Columbia. Recreational fishing is only accessible to indigenous cultures, and not local non-indigenous residents.
  Huge trees stand on the Goldstream River floodplain. Among them are Douglas-fir and western red cedar up to 600 years old. They tower over substantial specimens of western hemlock, black cottonwood, bigleaf maple and red alder, which in turn shade western yew. Steep ridges—home to arbutus, western flowering dogwood and lodgepole pine—overlook the floodplain. Many wildflowers are seen during spring and summer.
  Goldstream Park has several hiking trails, one of which offers access to Mount Finlayson.
context_section_description: In 1863, rumours of gold in Goldstream drove a short, but intense, gold rush in the region. The remnants of the gold rush can be seen in the abandoned mine entrances located along the park's hiking trails.
caption: Entrance to mine
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