Sooke Potholes Provincial Park

Sooke Potholes Provincial Park is a small protected area on Vancouver Island in British Columbia near Victoria, beside the Sooke River. Although the famous water-carved potholes are outside its boundary, the park serves mainly as access to this well-known river landscape and supports day-use recreation such as swimming, picnicking, and fishing. It is also an important ecological corridor linking the Sooke Hills with Capital Region greenbelts. Chinook and coho salmon spawn in the river, wildlife includes black bear, cougar, and Roosevelt elk, and threatened plants grow among old-growth Douglas firs. The nearby abandoned Sooke Flowline aqueduct adds industrial history to the surrounding hills.

British Columbia · Canada