Greater Victoria - Sooke6413818

The District of Accommodations Sooke is the westernmost of Greater Victoria's western communities. Only recently incorporated (1999), Sooke is a largely rural municipality with a developing residential core. The people of 11,000 is growing slowly but steadily.

The historical home from the T'sou-ke people, this sheltered harbour containing a salmon bearing river, rich clam beds, and abundant berries and game in the forests was an ideal site and also the people living here thrived. Europeans come to the mid 1800's, then one in the first to reach Sooke was Captain Walter Colqohoun Grant with the Royal Scots Greys, who apparently brought seeds from Scotland of his cherished Scottish Broom, which is now a much maligned invasive species overtaking native habitat from Alaska to California.

Fishing and logging are the industries that built Sooke, and continue, though on a reduced scale, to bring about the neighborhood economy. Tourism is currently most significant employers, both adventure related and cultural. You will find there's vibrant arts community here, and Sooke hosts the premiere juried art show on Vancouver Island - the Sooke Fine Arts Show each summer.

Many residents of Accommodations Sooke commute to Victoria but have chosen to live in Sooke to emerge from the hustle and bustle from the city, as well as as a result of lower property values, you receive a lots of bargain here! There exists a wide range of housing accessible in Sooke, from condominiums, townhomes and suburban single family residences in and close to the village, to country residential, hobby farms, and estate properties out of town. Down the Sooke basin there are many amazing waterfront and waterview properties. Neighborhoods of Sooke include:

· North Sooke;

· Saseenos;

· Milne's Landing;

· Sunriver Estates;

· Sooke Town Centre or "UpSooke";

· Broom Hill;

· Whiffin Spit;

· Otter Point, and

· Kemp Lake

Policing in Sooke is supplied from the RCMP and there's volunteer based fire department. Municipal water is accessible to residences near the town core along with the sewer method is under expansion. Rural properties might still depend on wells and septic tanks and fields. Sooke features its own recreational facility, SEAPARC Leisure Complex, having a swimming pool and skating rink.