VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 216

On the road into downtown Nanaimo from the south, two kilometers (1.2 miles) north of
the Nanaimo Parkway intersection, Petroglyph Provincial Park features a short trail lead-
ing to ancient petroglyphs (rock carvings). Petroglyphs, found throughout the province and
common along the coastal waterways, were made with stone tools, and they recorded im-
portant ceremonies and events. The designs at this park were carved thousands of years ago
and are believed to represent human beings, animals (real and supernatural), bottomfish,
and the rarely depicted sea wolf, a mythical creature that's part wolf and part killer whale.
West of downtown (take Wentworth Street and then Jingle Pot Road across the Nanaimo
Parkway), 106-hectare (262-acre) Westwood Lake Park surrounds the crystal-clear waters
of its namesake lake. Resident flocks of Canada geese and ducks, tame enough to snatch
food from your fingers, inhabit the park. The lake's healthy population of cutthroat trout
attracts anglers year-round.