Educational Heritage Attractions

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

Please contact organization for current 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.

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.

Please contact organization for current 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.