Sooke Mountain Provincial Park
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Sooke Mountain Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 4.5 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 65413 | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 26 ' N , 123 ° 39' W | |
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| Setup date | June 25, 1928 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Sooke Mountain Provincial Park is a 450 ha large provincial park in Canada's British Columbia . The park is located about 8 kilometers north-northwest of Sooke in the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island .
The park is a Category II ( National Park ) protected area and is close to Sooke Potholes Provincial Park .
history
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, it is also true that long before the area was settled by European immigrants or it became part of a park, it was a hunting and fishing area of various First Nations tribes , here the T'sou-ke .
The park was established on June 25, 1928, making it one of the ten oldest of the Provincial Parks in British Columbia .
Web links
- Sooke Mountain Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Sooke Mountain Provincial Park The park's English-language website at BC Parks
- Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)