Little River Nature Park is a protected area on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island in the Comox Valley Regional District. It is home to beaches, man-made ponds, an estuarine marsh, and well-drained forests dominated by Douglas-fir. The park is underlain by sand and gravel which was locally extracted in open pits; these have since become the ponds.
A 1959 soil map identifies the following complex unit: Kye-Coastal Beach (Ky-CB). Kye loamy sand is a classic podzol with well-defined eluvial (A2 or Ae) horizon.Soil Survey of Southeast Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands This series supports the well-drained forests. Coastal Beach land type represents bare or grassy regosol sand. A 1985 land survey maps the whole park as Raised Beach sand.https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=cc25e43525c5471ca7b13d639bbcd7aa British Columbia Soil Information Finder Tool
A population of the rare Seaside rein-orchid was identified on the beach. An avifauna survey found 52 bird species.
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