Educational Heritage Attractions

Quick Links: S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society |

This listing is for Summer 2020
Please contact organization for current 2021 information

DOMINION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
5071 West Saanich Road

www.observatoryhill.org
http:// www.eventbrite.ca/e/free-star-parties-at-the-dao-tickets-3356679920

Summer Star Parties
Night Sky Viewing and
"Constellation Walks"

Free Admission

The Saturday Star Parties are now operated by the Friends of the DAO with the support of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the National Research Council.

For summer 2018 the remaining dates are July 21, August 4, 11, 25 September 1

Full details of the program are available at www.thecentreoftheuniverse.net/star-parties. That page also has a link to our ticketing site on Eventbrite. Tickets are free but need to be reserved in advance since space - and particularly parking space - is restricted on the hill. As of time of writing tickets for July 21, Aug 4, and 11 are all taken, but members of the public are admitted to the site at around 8:30pm if there is still space available.

Additionally, the Centre for the Universe Vistors' Centre is open weekdays Tuesday to Friday from 10am-3pm, featuring the Centennial Exhibition commemorating the opening of the observatory in May 1918, courtesy of the Royal British Columbia Museum.

This listing updated 29 August 2024
Please contact organization for current 2024 information

S.A.L.T.S. SAIL AND LIFE TRAINING SOCIETY
451 Herald Street
250-383-6811
www.salts.ca
email: info@salts.ca

Office hours: Mondays through Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

SALTS has offered tall ship adventures and mentorship to young people on the west coast of BC since 1974. Sail training takes place aboard the topsail schooner "Pacific Swift" and the Grand Banks fishing schooner "Pacific Grace." The "Pacific Swift" whose design is well suited to sail training, was built as a working exhibit at Expo '86 and is based on the "Swift" of 1778. The "Pacific Grace" is a replica of the "Robertson II", an original Grand Banks fishing schooner. SALTS also provided sail training on the "Robertson II" before it was retired and sold, and on the "Spirit of Chemanius" before it was sold. The "Pacific Swift" and "Pacific Grace" provide a platform to continue the training of young people and allow the preservation of a valuable link with our maritime past. In 2017, SALTS received the S.S. Beaver Medal for Maritime Excellence from Her Honour the Lt. Governor of BC on behalf of the Maritime Museum of BC.