From the top of Mt. Prevost you can really see the lay of the land from either peak. One peak has a cairn for those who have fallen in WWI and WWII, the other peak is popular with hang gliders. The road to Mt. Prevost is open to the public every day, but it is a backroad that sees a lot of atv and motorbike use and mountain bikers. This is a seasonal road and so during the dry summer it is often closed, but access is still open on foot or pedal bike. Drive slow, keep your headlights on and only your navigator's eyes on the gps.
All the Island Spirit Legacy Caches are within a 2 steps of the trail, unless otherwise noted. There is no need to bushwack or trample the vegetation.
Cowichan Bay
Prior to the establishment of the rail links between the Cowichan Valley and Victoria, the only way to get goods between these places was via the treacherous trails over Malahat Mountain, or by the steamer service from Victoria to Cowichan Bay. From the 1860's until the railways came Cowichan Bay thrived as a transportation hub for the Valley. Cowichan Bay was by-passed by the E&N (Esquimalt and Nanaimo) Railway (completed in 1886), reducing its significance for the movement of goods, but it has always been a prime spot for commercial and sport fishing and more recently building on tourism with shops and a series of float houses.