We've visited Piper's Lagoon a number of times because of its beauty and accessibility. The Nanaimo information website aptly describes it: "Imagine a lagoon the size of a couple of football fields, with a narrow, straight dike cutting it off from the surf, which has created a marvellous pebbly beach. Then it gets rocky; there is some neat but short rock-climbing for those who desire it, and one larger hill covered in arbutus and Garry Oak, eagles and scared rabbits, driftwood and views of the Strait."