The Gorge Pointe Yacht Club is at the site where a dock was first installed in the late 1800's. It is on unceded traditional territory Lekwungen or Lekungen nation (often called the Songhees or Songish by non-Lekwungens).
The body of water known simply as The Gorge to Victoria locals is a narrow tidal inlet that connects Victoria Harbour to Portage Inlet. The Gorge Waterway is defined as the inlet between Craigflower Bridge and the Selkirk trestle. The Gorge has a rich history as an important spiritual place and food-gathering area for First Nations, and as a recreation area for early Victoria residents and visitors. Recreational boating is still popular on the Gorge today, and most of the waterfront properties in this area are residential. Many decades of pollution entering the Gorge from sewage and industrial wastes degraded the water quality seriously by the 1940s. Clean-up efforts since the early 1990s have reversed this trend, and the water quality has improved significantly. This is important for the health of valuable fish and wildlife habitat that still exists in the Gorge, as well as for aesthetic and recreational values.
More information on Gorge history, consult the book: The Gorge of Summers Gone, A History of Victoria's Inland Waterway by Dennis Minaker, 1998.
