[4] The hill has been a culturally significant gathering and meeting place for the Saanich and Lekwungen indigenous peoples since time immemorial, a site for ceremonies and sharing important news.

Local mills supplied the growing city of Victoria, including the original Hudson's Bay Company fort, transporting lumber south along present day Cedar Hill Road.

[10] The namesake neighbourhood around the base of PKOLS is a mix of residential neighbourhoods, hobby farms and working farms, roughly bounded by Cedar Hill Road, Cordova Bay Road, the Blenkinsop Valley and Parkside Crescent.

The hill is located in PKOLS (Mount Douglas Park) in Saanich, BC, which covers 188 ha.

Located entirely in the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic zone, Mount Douglas contains some of the most endangered and at-risk ecosystems and species in all of Canada.