36 Posts
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June Saddle Up 2025
Riding Through the Wild Heart of the Chilcotin There’s something timeless about saddling up and heading into the backcountry on horseback – especially when you’re surrounded by close friends, incredible scenery, and the kind of stillness you can only find deep in the wilds of British Columbia. That’s exactly what I experienced on a seven-day […]
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Trail Clearing is Us. May 2025-Saddle Up
Workbee 2024 -Trail Clearing the Olivine Section of the HBC Brigade Trail Map courtesy of the Hope Mountain Centre & Clark Geomatics The Olivine Trail is part of the historic Hudson’s Bay Company Trail and is one of three possible routes used in the 1800’s to bring the laden pack strings from the final camp […]
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Memekey Horse Camp: #6 in a series on Horse Camps. Saddle Up April 2025
A Haven for Equine Enthusiasts Memekey horse camp is located approximately 50 kilometers north of Campbell River, in the Sayward Valley, British Columbia. This camp has been a beloved destination for horse lovers since 2013. Nestled amidst the stunning rural natural beauty of Northern Vancouver Island, in between the Salmon-Brewster and Memekey rivers, this camp […]
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The Trail to Tulameen – Saddle Up March 2025
The Trail to Tulameen Article by Jim McCrae Following the Historic Dewdney, Black Eye’s and Hudson Bay Brigade Trails A route. A trail. A passage through history. In the formative years of BCHBC we promoted awareness by sanctioning rides. Rides like Canada’s 125 Ride from Victoria BC to Alberta. The Hands Across the Border ride […]
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Central Vancouver Island Celebrates 2024! Saddle Up December 2024
The Central Vancouver Island chapter of BCHBC has enjoyed a full, fun year of activities. With a healthy membership of 112, many of our gatherings are held at the Spruston Ride site, which is available to all BCHBC members. At least four clean-up work bees in 2024 have gone in to keeping this site and […]
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Central Vancouver Island Celebrates 2024! Saddle Up December 2024
The Central Vancouver Island chapter of BCHBC has enjoyed a full, fun year of activities. With a healthy membership of 112, many of our gatherings are held at the Spruston Ride site, which is available to all BCHBC members. At least four clean-up work bees in 2024 have gone in to keeping this site and […]
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Central Vancouver Island Celebrates 2024! Saddle Up December 2024
The Central Vancouver Island chapter of BCHBC has enjoyed a full, fun year of activities. With a healthy membership of 112, many of our gatherings are held at the Spruston Ride site, which is available to all BCHBC members. At least four clean-up work bees in 2024 have gone in to keeping this site and […]
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Saddle Up #5 in our series on Horse Camps
Tunkwa Provincial Park Equestrian Camps First thing to do is to define where these two horse camps are. Yes two! In the same Provincial Park! We call it Tunkwa/Leighton because there are two lakes (Tunkwa and Leighton) and two separate horse camps; one at each lake for a total of 20 corrals and multiple camp […]
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Saddle Up #4 in a series on Horse Camps
Spruston Staging Area near Nanaimo Volunteers taking a break. The Central Vancouver Island (CVI) Chapter has anywhere between 70 to over 100 members and serves the central part of Vancouver Island. Members who join come from as far as Sooke to the south, Courtenay to the north and Port Alberni to the west. The CVI […]
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Saddle Up #3 in a series on Horse Camps
Kearsley Creek and Headwaters Horse Camps Kearsley Creek Horse Camp: Located 9 km up the gravel Florence Lake FSR towards Stave Lake, just past the Zajac Ranch, is the Kearsley Creek equestrian campsite. Corrals and at Kearsley Creek. Photo by Janet Schmidt B.C.Rec Sites and Trails, the District of Mission, and Backcountry Horsemen of BC […]
