Charters Dam

Charters Dam is a dam in British Columbia, Canada. Charters Dam is situated near Charters Reservoir, as well as near the tourism office Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sooke Region Museum.

Sooke Region Museum

Museum

The Sooke Region Museum is a museum in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada, which explores the human and natural heritage of the region from East Sooke to Port Renfrew on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Sooke Region Museum is situated 3½ km south of Charters Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sooke and Leechtown.

Sooke

Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sooke is a town of 13,000 people at the southernmost end of Vancouver Island. Sooke is best done as a day trip from Victoria but can also be a stopover on the way to Port Renfrew.

Leechtown

Locality

Leechtown is at the confluence of the Leech River into the Sooke River in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The ghost town, off BC Highway 1 is about 59 kilometres by road northwest of Victoria. Leechtown is situated 9 km north of Charters Dam.

Charters Dam

Type: Dam
Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

48.4157° or 48° 24′ 57″ north

Longitude

-123.6974° or 123° 41′ 51″ west

Open location code

84WRC883+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 396569475

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Charters Reservoir and Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Sooke River Road Disinfection Facility and Kenco Motorcycle.

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