Sooke Longboats

Sooke Longboats

The Sooke longboats are docked at the marina on Kaltasin Road. Seen at left in the foreground is one of the two boats.

Since 1991 the Women's Longboating Committee has met at the Sooke Marine Industries at 2019 Kaltasin Road, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. every Monday morning. Students and local people take the longboats out in the harbour to sail and row.

February 2004

Volunteers are maintaining the longboats.
The boat has been placed on shore so the hull can be cleaned.

Students from Edward Milne Community School were hard at work sanding the oars while other volunteers were washing the hull.

For more information on longboats phone Edward Milne School 642-5211 or 642-7866

The longboats were built between October, 1989 – April, 1990 at EMCS , and are owned by Edward Milne Community School Society, School District No. 62 (Sooke). The longboats were made in the celebration of Sooke's bicentennial – June 1990 – commemorating Manuel Quimper's landing in Sooke, June 1790.

There are two boats:
One named the "T'Sou-ke" which means stickleback fish, the name of Sooke's first peoples, the proud T'Sou-ke Native Indians.

The other the "Donna Rosa" was inspired by Manuel Quimper naming of Sooke's Secretary Island "Dona Rosa", likely after the Viceroy of Mexico's wife.