This is the largest CRD park, encompassing 3,512 acres of natural, protected coastal landscape on
Vancouver Island. Here you can experience solitude and harmony with nature in a park untouched by urban progress. There are more than 31 miles of trails beginning at any of three entry points. Around Becher Bay, the Coast Salish Indians reef-netted salmon, and collected shellfish, berries and roots for winter months spent at Pedder Bay. The late 1800's were busy in East Sooke: large sailing ships & dugout canoes ran supplies to and from Fort Victoria, and a steam-powered sawmill provided lumber. Loggers, miners and fishers sought their fortunes here. Stumps 6-9 feet in diameter can still be found. The fish trap shack at Cabin Point remains.
