What a beautiful day we had in Sooke this past Sunday. Sunny, warm, and still just mid-February. It’s no wonder my Saturday was spent showing folks from Alberta around our gorgeous region! My wife (who is 8 months pregnant), our 2-year old daughter and I decided we’d get outdoors and do a hike.
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Sooke Parks in Profile: French Beach Provincial Park
French Beach Provincial Park is a 59 hectare (146 acre) camping and day-use provincial park, about 22 km from the centre of Sooke. It’s a scenic 15-20 minute drive along West Coast Road. Roughly triangular-shaped, the park fronts upon the Strait of Juan de Fuca and its sand-and-pebble beach is about a mile (1.6 km)Continue reading “Sooke Parks in Profile: French Beach Provincial Park”
Sooke Parks in Profile: East Sooke Park
Welcome to a new series on What The Sooke?!: Sooke Parks In Profile. Sooke has some amazing parks – and I want to tell the world about it. From East Sooke to Port Renfrew, our region is dotted with pockets of green space and vast swaths of wilderness, and I’m sure there are even parksContinue reading “Sooke Parks in Profile: East Sooke Park”
Sooke Potholes Camping To Resume Spring 2010
Since the Capital Regional District and The Land Conservancy bought up some formerly private land around the Sooke Potholes a few years back (they recently bought some more), lots has been done up there. Expanded parking, trail work, Galloping Goose Trail upgrades, and the Sooke Potholes Campsite. Unfortunately, due to CRD water main construction, theContinue reading “Sooke Potholes Camping To Resume Spring 2010”
What Does a Winter Hike Look Like in Victoria, BC?
Like This: This past Sunday, some friends and I got together for a hike up Mount Finlayson, in Goldstream Provincial Park. In what seemed like the first sunny day in months, all were anxious to get outside and enjoy one of the best reasons to live in this part of the country. The temperature wasContinue reading “What Does a Winter Hike Look Like in Victoria, BC?”