Directions below courtesy of Natural High Fishing Adventures.
Chart of Vancouver Island driving distances
Getting to Sooke
From the Mainland (Vancouver, Seattle)
Ferries from Tsawwassen (Vancouver, BC) and Anacortes/Bellingham, Washington arrive in Sydney, about 20 km north of Victoria.
Flights to Victoria International Airport also arrive in Sydney.
Ferries from Seattle or Port Angeles arrive in Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
Driving from Sydney to Victoria:
Drive south on the Pat Bay Highway #17 towards Victoria.
Exit at McKenzie Avenue — exit says “Highway #1, Nanaimo”.
Follow McKenzie Avenue 3 km to Highway #1, turn right onto Highway #1.
Driving from Victoria to Sooke
Exit Victoria on Douglas Road north, Victoria’s main north-south street.
Douglas Road becomes Highway #1 as you leave Victoria.
Drive 5 km to Sooke exit.
Follow “Veterans Memorial Parkway” 4 km to Highway #14 (“Sooke Road”). Turn right. This is the only road going west, all the way to Sooke.
You will reach Sooke in approximately 35 minutes.
It is a winding ocean road, often wet and foggy, and also with vehicles full of locals, tourists, anglers and surfers sometimes driving too quickly to wherever they need to get to.
