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Sooke River And Bridge From Switzer's.

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Date

1800s

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Collection

Royal BC Museum

Image Link

https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sooke-river-and-bridge-from-switzers

Description

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Courtesy of Royal BC Museum

Location

Sooke River and Bridge, Capital Regional district, British Columbia, Canada

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Trees
Boats
Rivers

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

The first bridge to cross the Sooke River was built in the late 19th century just slightly downstream of today's bridge. This bridge's underpinnings were damaged when wayward log booms went astray, and a new bridge was built a few hundred feet downstream in the early 1920s to replace it. During the Second World War, a new and more extensive bridge was built in 1944 at the location of the original one, and the second bridge was removed with dynamite in 1946. The third wooden bridge would remain until 1967, when it was replaced by the current steel bridge about 10 metres upstream.

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