page_title: John Dean Provincial Park
hierarchical_section_title: John Dean Provincial Park
caption_attribution_description: This photo was taken in a protected area in Canada, Wikidata item John Dean Provincial Park (Q6229001) English: View from Pickles Bluff at John Dean Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, B.C.English: John Dean Provincial Park
context_page_description: ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱/John Dean Provincial Park is a small, densely vegetated provincial park on the Saanich Peninsula of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The park is located on and around ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱, a small mountain in the traditional territory of Wsanec First Nations, itself situated 20 km north of Victoria, the provincial capital city.
  The mountain has always been known as ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱ to the First Nations people, the parks english name is after John Dean, who was a pioneer of the area and erected in the early 1900s a cabin close to what is now the centre of the park. Dean donated the original land which became the park in 1921, which was later expanded. Dean's cabin was razed in 1957, but the foundation and much of the building material remains, and the site is marked with a signpost. He is described as an eccentric who had been the mayor of Rossland and a life-long bachelor. He was interred at Ross Bay Cemetery.
  Featuring lush vegetation, the park is noted for its virgin old-growth douglas-fir and western red cedar, with large specimens up to 70 m in height and for its rich Coastal Douglas-Fir ecosystem, little of which remains on southern Vancouver Island.
context_section_description: ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱/John Dean Provincial Park (formerly known as John Dean Provincial Park prior May 2019)  is a small, densely vegetated provincial park (174 hectares) on the Saanich Peninsula of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The park is located on and around  ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ (english name Mount Newton), a small mountain (elevation 305 m) in the traditional territory of Wsanec First Nations , itself situated 20 km north of Victoria, the provincial capital city. 
  The mountain has always been known as  ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ to the First Nations people , the parks english name is after John Dean (1850-1943), who was a pioneer of the area and erected in the early 1900s a cabin close to what is now the centre of the park. Dean donated the original land which became the park in 1921, which was later expanded. Dean's cabin was razed in 1957, but the foundation and much of the building material remains, and the site is marked with a signpost. He is described as an eccentric who had been the mayor of Rossland and a life-long bachelor. He was interred at Ross Bay Cemetery. 
  Featuring lush vegetation, the park is noted for its virgin old-growth douglas-fir and western red cedar, with large specimens up to 70 m in height (taller than the tallest tree in the UK and the tallest conifer in all of Europe) and for its rich Coastal Douglas-Fir ecosystem (CDF), little of which remains on southern Vancouver Island. About a quarter of the old-growth forest to the north-west lies on the Cole Bay reserve of the Pauquachin First Nation. 
  Trails are well-marked and well-maintained. The terrain is hilly, but does not demand hiking gear in dry conditions, which prevail in the late spring and summer. The park's main entrance is closed to vehicle traffic from November to March. The off season is persistently wet and overcast, though the rain is often mild; if the temperature dips, heavy snowfall is not unusual in December and January.
caption: View from Pickles Bluff at  ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱/John Dean Provincial Park
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