For the second time in a week, homeless campers have been evicted from the park in which they were staying.
On Thursday the 13th, Camp Namegan, which had over 100 campers, was shut down at Regina Park in Saanich.
About 40 of the tent city residents moved to Rudd Park that day, where they stayed overnight.
The following day, they marched through Saanich, and set up at Ravine Park, a provincially owned plot of land bordering Ravine Way, Carey Road and Blanshard Street in Saanich.
But the Province issued a notice of Unauthorized use and Occupation on Sunday the 16, and on Tuesday, approximately 50 police officers from Saanich, Victoria and Oak Bay, as well as a Crowd Management Unit, entered the park and ordered the 40 to 50 campers to leave.
The campers left for Rudd Park, but were turned away, as camping there is only authorized between the hours of 7pm and 9am. They returned to Ravine Park, and packed up their belongings into a U-Haul, which then went to Rudd park.
However, while waiting for 7 o'clock to come, the campers decided to change their plan, and instead go to Goldstream Provincial Park, and set up in the campgrounds.
Chrissy Brett, the leader of the encampment, says the big factor that came into play was how to sort through all the belongings that were in the truck. If they couldn't pack up everything by the morning, or carry the items out of the park, then it would be considered "chattle" and be thrown away.
The campers arrived at Goldstream on the evening of Tuesday the 18th, and began unpacking their belongings and setting up camp.
Brett says they will likely stay two weeks, as that's the amount of time a provincial park will allow a person with disabilities to camp for free, and in the meantime they will sort through their belongings,get rid of any non-essentials, and decide where to go next.