East Sooke, British Columbia

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East Sooke is an unincorporated community situated south and east of Sooke, British Columbia, Canada. It consists of over 500 houses (and one volunteer fire department) on the south side of the Sooke Basin. East Sooke borders on East Sooke Regional Park, an area of over 57 km² (14,000 acres), with views south to Olympic National Park in the United States.

East Sooke does not have a town council. Instead it is governed by a Regional Director who is also responsible for other unincorporated areas in the Capital Regional District (the regional district Victoria, British Columbia.

East Sooke's general character is rural, although it is a bedroom community of Victoria, British Columbia. Its close proximity to Victoria, its character as a bedroom community, and its large tracts of undeveloped land have made it an attractive location for recreation and retirement developments. Political scuffles over the development of the community have led to two large sections of East Sooke splitting off and joining Sooke. Those in Sooke generally consider this to be a positive acquisition, whereas those in East Sooke consider it a non-hostile occupation. Due to these recent incursions into East Sooke territory, the expectation is that East Sooke will ultimately be swallowed by a neighboring community, be it Sooke or Metchosin, British Columbia.

The population of East Sooke is roughly 1,500. There is no town core, but there is a single convenience store named 'Bill's Food and Feed' which is located at the main intersection of the community. Typical of the rural nature of the community, not only can one purchase a liter of milk, or a loaf of bread, but one can buy animal feed, or a truck load of gravel from Bill's. East Sooke is a mix of small residential subdivisions, small hobby farms, and wilderness.

There are currently no schools in East Sooke although there have been plans for an elementary school for a number of years. Children are bussed to Sooke schools. This community is part of School District 62 Sooke.

[edit] Neighbourhoods of East Sooke

(in order from east to west)

Beecher Bay
Mount Matheson
Park Heights
Anderson Cove
Coppermine
Seagirt
Eliza Point
Tideview

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Neighbourhoods in Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria:	Chinatown \| Cook Street Village \| East Burnside-Gorge \| Fairfield \| Fernwood \| Harris Green \| Hillside \| Humboldt Valley \| James Bay \| Jubilee \| North Park \| Rockland \| Victoria West
Saanich:	Beaver Lake-Elk Lake \| Broadmead-Sunnymead \| Cadboro Bay \| Cedar Hill \| Cloverdale \| Cordova Bay \| Glanford \| Gordon Head \| Gorge-Tillicum \| Interurban \| Lake Hill \| Maplewood \| Marigold \| Mount Douglas \| Mount Tolmie-Lansdowne \| Prospect Lake \| Royal Oak \| Strawberry Vale \| Swan Lake \| Ten Mile Point \| Town and Country-Burnside \| West Saanich
Other areas:	Belmont Park \| Brentwood Bay \| Broom Hill \| Cloak Hill \| Colwood Corners \| Craigflower \| Dean Park \| Deep Cove \| Durrance Lake \| East Sooke \| Florence Lake \| Glen Lake \| Goldstream \| Gonzales \| Gorge Vale \| Happy Valley \| Hatley Park \| Island View \| Kemp Lake \| Lands End \| Luxton \| Matheson Lake \| Mill Hill \| Millstream \| Otter Point \| Pat Bay \| Ravenwood \| Rockheights \| Rocky Point \| Saanichton \| Saseenos \| Songhees \| Swartz Bay \| Thetis Lake \| Uplands \| Whiffen Spit \| William Head \| Willis Point \| Willows Beach \| Windsor Park \| Work Point