Cains Family Park is in the seaside community of Sooke, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A wooden staircase leads down the steep slope the rock and mud shoreline of Sooke Harbor. Richard Cain, senior, settled in Sooke in the eighteen hundred and ninety. He raised a family with Margaret Charters, daughter of WB Charter, on the shore line of Sooke Harbor. Mr Cain was a boat builder, sealer and mariner who spent time away sealing and cod fishing near the Alaska waters. The parkland was donated to Sooke by his family in two thousand and five. This is a great place to walk in your back yard.
Geographic location N48º 22’ 46” W123º 42’ 44”
Cains Family Park can be reached from the Trans Canada Highway. Take the Langford Parkway exit and follow along to reach Sooke Road (Hwy 14). Follow highway 14 to Charters Road. Turn left onto Charters and continue down the hill to Waters Street. Turn right onto Waters Street and look for the park on the right at 6511. The staircase provides access to the rock and mud shoreline of Sooke Harbor. There is limited parking near this park. City buses travel along Sooke Road.
Walks in Your Backyard 