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Seven-year-old girl falls off cliff at East Sooke Regional Park

Victoria News4 May 2020Aaron GuillenJDF SAR era

Aaron Guillen. “Seven-year-old girl falls off cliff at East Sooke Regional Park”, Victoria News, 4 May 2020 ref-only
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Summary

A seven-year-old girl fell 15 feet off a cliff at Cabin Point in East Sooke Regional Park on Friday afternoon, the same day District of Sooke parks reopened to the public after pandemic lockdown. Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue were called around 2:30 p.m.; the girl had been hiking with a friend and their mothers. Senior SAR manager Vickie Webber said the girl banged her head on the way down and was lucky that a passerby hiker was a medic and gave first aid before the crew arrived. Webber said the situation could have been worse as the girl's friend was the only person present who spoke fluent English. A cliff rope rescue team brought the girl up and she was taken to hospital by ambulance; Webber expected a full recovery from the head injury.

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Details

Headline	“Seven-year-old girl falls off cliff at East Sooke Regional Park”
Publication	Victoria News
Date	4 May 2020
Page	Not applicable — web edition, no print page number
Byline	Aaron Guillen
Era	JDF SAR era
Document type	news report
Original article	Victoria News — the article on the publisher's own site ↗
Source	vicnews.com
Accessed	2026-08-04
Licensing	ref-only
Record confidence	confirmed

Archivist's note

First archive record of this incident. Documents a cliff-rope rescue technique and the pandemic-reopening context for spring 2020 park use.

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Archive notes

Web-sourced article with no print page number. Three files held: print-to-PDF scan, OCR-searchable derivative, and .md text extraction; summary written from the rendered page text. New incident created (no existing catalog coverage found); event occurred Friday May 1, 2020, article published the following Monday. Captured by the news-scan skill during the vicnews.com full historical sweep, approved in review 2026-08-04.

Record id 2020-05-04-vicnews-nopage-east-sooke-cliff-fall-girl. Original file in the project archive: 02_articles/2020-05-04_vicnews_east_sooke_cliff_fall_girl.pdf.

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4 May 2020A seven-year-old girl fell 15 feet off a cliff at Cabin Point in East Sooke Regional Park on Friday afternoon,