Sources
The information on this site is based on the following publicly available sources, including government pages, news reporting, and project materials.
Crown land, tenure, and East Sooke context
-
BC Assessment – About Crown Land Leases, Licences, and Permits
-
Whose land is it anyway? Understanding Crown land tenure in BC
-
CRD acquires additional land for East Sooke Regional Park (2023)
-
CRD Acquires Additional Land for East Sooke Regional Park (2022)
Current proposal
- File 1415403 — the intensive use site for the main outdoor education, wilderness survival, and bushcraft facility, including cabins, learning areas, practice areas, tent camping, and washrooms.
- File 1415404 — the extensive use area surrounding the intensive use site, tied to the same commercial operation.
- File 1415322 — the commercial wharf / moorage application intended to support access, supplies, and kayak activity for the upland commercial uses
Public discussion
-
Opposing crown land development in East Sooke, BC Park (Facebook post)
-
Proposed survival training site in East Sooke, BC Park sparks public concern (Facebook post)
-
Proposed East Sooke Park development has the community talking (YouTube)
Silver Spray / SookePoint history and development
-
Times Colonist – Cottages now heart of Silver Spray as controversial Sooke projects gets underway
-
Prime Development Opportunity – SookePoint Ocean Cottage Resort (brochure PDF)
Local planning and broader context
One comment, delivered in many ways
Submitting through this website helps concentrate public input where it will be seen.
When you submit through this website, your comment is prepared as a response to all three linked Crown land applications — 1415403, 1415404, and 1415322. It is submitted to the BC Crown Land Applications portal, emailed to CRD Parks staff and the Regional Parks Committee, included in a printed package hand-delivered to the CRD before the May 6, 2026 deadline, included in an East Sooke Wild community submission, and published here as part of the public record using only your first name and city/community.