Sooke
| Sooke | |||
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| Location in British Columbia | |||
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| Province : | British Columbia | ||
| Regional District : | Capital Regional District | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 23 ′ N , 123 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 5 m | ||
| Area : | 56.72 km² | ||
| Residents : | 11,435 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 201.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific Time ( UTC − 8 ) | ||
| Postal code : | V9Z | ||
| Foundation : | 1999 ( incorporated ) | ||
Sooke [ suːk ] is a small Canadian town about 20 km away from Victoria , the capital of British Columbia , on Vancouver Island . It is located on the Sooke Basin , a bay that is only connected to Juan de Fuca Street by a narrow opening. It is part of the Greater Victoria metropolitan area , in the Capital Regional District and Highway 14 runs through it. East-Sooke, about 10 minutes from Sooke, is a purely residential area in the middle of a dense wooded area.
history
The name of the settlement goes back to the anglicized form of the tribal name of the resident T'sou-ke . The first traces of European settlement go back to the end of the 19th century. In the official documents of the province (here in the BC Gazetteer ) the settlement is first mentioned as a settlement in the 1909 edition and recorded in the maps from 1913. In 1934 the first post office opened in the community.
The granting of local self-government for the municipality took place on September 2, 1999 ( incorporated as District Municipality ).
Flora and fauna
The Sooke Basin is closed all year round with regard to fishing for shellfish due to the health risk from Vibrio parahaemolyticus .
traffic
Sooke is on Highway 14 , which gives easy access to Victoria and the Trans-Canada Highway . Victoria is from Sooke in approx. 40 min. reached by car.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sooke Community Profile. Census 2011. In: Statistics Canada . June 6, 2012, accessed August 5, 2012 .
- ^ Origin Notes and History. Sooke. In: GeoBC . Retrieved August 5, 2012 .
- ^ PSP & Sanitary Contamination Closures-Pacific Region- Area 20.1 on Fisheries and Oceans Canada