The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) and the Capital Regional District (CRD) purchased the Sooke Potholes property from private owners in 2005 and 2007.
[1] The 67-site Spring Salmon Place Campground (KWL-UCHUN), located at the northern end of the park, is operated seasonally by the T'Sou-ke Nation.
The geologic formations that the park is named for are the result of glacial action around 15,000 years ago.
Ice melt from receding glaciers left boulders that then, in concert with rushing waters, carved "potholes" into the sandstone of the river valley.
Following European colonization in the nineteenth century, the land was used for farming, fishing, mining, and logging, and later for recreation.