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.
E&N Railway
The Esquimalt and Nanaimo (E&N) Railway was incorporated 1883 by Victoria coal baron Sir Robert Dunsmuir, to support the coal and lumber industry and the Royal Navy base at Esquimalt. Completed on 13 August 1886, Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald drove the last spike into the ground. Initially running 115 kilometers from Esquimalt to Nanaimo, in its heyday the E&N (run by Canadian Pacific) served 45 stations on the main line, 8 on the Port Alberni line, and 36 stations on the Cowichan line. There are about 25 stations left, most in disrepair. The railway is currently shut-down with necessary upgrades scheduled for the next few years.