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Sooke: A Tourist Destination
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The harbour side village of Sooke on southern Vancouver Island gives respite from the busy city life of neighbouring Victoria. Sookeâs casual lifestyle and rural setting affords many of comforts of city life without the traffic. For centuries, this area was a thriving Coast Salish settlement. The Tâsou-ke peoples lived alongside a salmon river and within a sheltered harbor, an area where seafood was in abundance along the seashore, and game, roots and berries were harvested in the forests.
Fast Facts
⢠Population: 10 436
⢠Location: Sooke is located 45 km (28 miles) west of Victoria on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, a 40-minute drive along the scenic West Coast Highway 14.