The Sooke Region Museum is a museum in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada, which explores the human and natural heritage of the region from East Sooke to...
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in Sooke include Whiffin Spit Park, the Sooke Potholes Regional Park and adjacent Sooke Potholes Provincial Park. Sooke is home to the Sooke Region Museum...
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The Sooke Flowline is an abandoned 44-kilometre (27 mi) concrete aqueduct that snakes through the Sooke Hills from Sooke Lake to the Humpback Reservoir...
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from 1922 to 1931. However, the name is disputed by the Sooke Region Museum and longtime Sooke residents who say that the term Galloping Goose was not...
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In 2004, the lantern room from the lighthouse was moved to the Sooke Region Museum, though the base remains on Triangle Island. The island was the site...
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Greater Victoria (redirect from Greater Victoria Region, British Columbia)
Ardmore Sidney Sooke Broom Hill East Sooke Otter Point Kemp Lake Sooke Town Centre Sunriver Saseenos Whiffin Spit The Greater Victoria region has a combined...
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Timeline of the Greater Victoria Water System (section Sooke Lake and Humpback Reservoir (1915–1970))
area of 11,025 hectares (27,240 acres) centered on its main reservoir at Sooke Lake. The CRD's ownership and complete control of its entire watershed assures...
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"Quimper Park", Sooke Region Museum & Visitor Centre; retrieved 21 August 2006. "Spanish Cross", Coastal History, Metchosin School Museum; retrieved 21...
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Commons has media related to Museums in British Columbia. This list of museums in British Columbia, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context...
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Broom Hill is a hill and eponymous rural neighbourhood in Sooke, British Columbia. Its residential subdivisions surround Broom Hill proper, which is composed...
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Estevan Point lighthouse (category Clayoquot Sound region)
Pérez Hernández, originating from Mallorca, traded with the natives of the region (the Nuu-chah-nulth people) when he explored the area in 1774 and named...
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of genealogical societies in Canada List of libraries in Canada List of museums in Canada Culture of Canada Open access in Canada to scholarly communication...
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McIntyre. pp. 50–52. ISBN 0-88894-279-6. Nootka Crisis, Beyond the Map Quimper Park, Sooke Region Museum "Princess Royal Island". BC Geographical Names....
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Mona Lisa (section Prado Museum La Gioconda)
ABC News. ABC News Internet Ventures. Retrieved 12 June 2020. Alastair Sooke. "The Isleworth Mona Lisa: A second Leonardo masterpiece?". BBC. Archived...
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Straits Salish-speaking Songhees (a.k.a. Songish, a.k.a. Lekwungen) T'Souke (Sooke) Semiahmoo Malahat Lummi Klallam Tsartlip Tsawout Tseycum Pauquachin Esquimalt...
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August 2023 Peers, Elida (17 February 2018). "SOOKE HISTORY: Lady Emily brought British nobility in Sooke". Sooke News Mirror. Black Press Media. Retrieved...
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Benin Bronzes (category African sculptures in the British Museum)
29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022. Sooke, Alistair (29 November 2022). "Is the 'world museum' doomed?". The Telegraph. Archived from the original...
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Victoria (Victoria Bug Zoo) Esquimalt (Colville Park Sports Field) Sooke (Sooke Harbour) Sooke (Whiffin Spit) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams...
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Craigdarroch Castle (category Museums in Victoria, British Columbia)
transformation into a historical museum in 1979. Presently, it is under the stewardship of the Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society, a private non-profit...
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(in Greek). Egypt's Suken Treasures, Goddio, F, Fabre, D. München, 2008 Sooke, Alastair (29 April 2016). "Sunken Cities: the man who found Atlantis"....
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Family Chimaeridae Bonaparte, 1831 †Canadodus Popov, Johns & Suntok, 2020 Sooke Formation, Canada, Oligocene Family Rhinochimaeridae Garman, 1901 †Amylodon...
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settler arrived that year: Captain Walter Grant started a homestead in Sooke. Following the brief governorship of Richard Blanshard, James Douglas, Chief...
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The Maritime Museum of British Columbia (MMBC) is a museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, that engages people with the maritime culture and history...
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Vancouver Art Gallery (category Art museums and galleries in British Columbia)
the Lower Mainland region, and has approximately 12,000 works by artists from Canada, and around the world. As of 2020, the museum holds seasonal exhibitions...
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Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2012. Sooke, Alastair. "The rise & rise of Anish Kapoor Inc". The Telegraph. Archived...
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Island Songhees (Songish), Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de Fuca Sooke, Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de Fuca Squamish (Skwxwu7mesh)...
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Langford, Central Saanich/Saanichton, North Saanich, Sidney, Metchosin, Sooke, which are part of the Capital Regional District. The metropolitan area...
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vagrant sightings throughout the island, particularly near Victoria and Sooke. Other vagrant sea otters have been spotted in the San Juan Islands, Puget...
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supplied by the Capital Regional District's Water Services Department from its Sooke Lake Reservoir. The lake is connected to a treatment plant at Japan Gulch...
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