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| 1. Central Saanich (District) (Central Saanich, 3km)
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2. Senanus Island 10 (Brentwood Bay, 4km)
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Senanus Island - ). A Saanich (Straits salish) Indian word meaning 'chest' (of a person). |
| 3. South Saanich 1 (Brentwood Bay, 4km)
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| 4. Deep Cove (Sidney, 9km)
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5. Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve (Sidney, 9km)
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Satellite Channel - After HMS Satellite, on this coast 1857-60 under Captain J.C. Prevost, a commissioner for establishing the maritime boundary between the British territory and the United States. |
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6. Sidney (Town) / Coles Bay / Gooch Island / Patricia Bay / Piers Island / Portland Island / Roberts Point (Sidney, 9km)
Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 656-1184
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Coles Bay after John Coles, who first came to British Columbia in 1851 as a midshipman on HMS Thetis. |
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7. Swartz Bay (Sidney, 9km)
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Swartz Bay - This should be Swart's Bay, it being named after John Aaron Swart, who purchased land in the vicinity of the bay in 1876. |
| 8. Cole Bay 3 (North Saanich, 10km)
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| 9. North Saanich (District) (North Saanich, 10km)
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| 10. North Saanich Land District (North Saanich, 10km)
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| 11. Refuge d'oiseaux de Shoal-Harbour (North Saanich, 10km)
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| 12. Shoal Harbour Bird Sanctuary (North Saanich, 10km)
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| 13. Union Bay 4 (North Saanich, 10km)
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14. Saanich (District) / D'Arcy Island / Haro Strait (Saanich, 12km)
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D'Arcy Island after John D'Arcy, a mate on HMS Herald when she was in these waters in 1846. The Saanich Indian name for the island means 'arrive,' this being where the salmon first arrive when they are heading for the Fraser River to spawn. |
| 15. View Royal (Town) (View Royal, 13km)
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16. Esquimalt (Township) (Esquimalt, 15km)
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Esquimalt - From the Straits Salish word meaning 'place of gradually shoaling water,' referring to the mudflats at the mouth of Mill Stream at the head of the harbour. |
| 17. Highlands (District) (Highlands, 13km)
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| 18. Anaqtl'a (Victoria, 16km)
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| 19. Bear Mountain (Victoria, 16km)
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| 20. Belmont Park (Victoria, 16km)
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21. Cadboro Bay / Jemmy Jones Island (Victoria, 16km)
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After the HBC'S brigantine Cadboro, the first ship to anchor here. Built at Rye in England in 1824, she took her name from nearby Cadborough, a village that no longer exists in consequence of the silting in of Cadborough Bay. |
| 22. Chatham Islands 4 (Victoria, 16km)
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23. Colquitz / Colquitz River / Portage Inlet (Victoria, 16km)
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Colquitz from the Straits Salish word meaning 'waterfall.' |
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24. Cordova Bay (Victoria, 16km)
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In 1790 Sublieutenant Manuel Quimper of the Spanish Navy gave Esquimalt Harbour the name of Puerto de Cordova, in honour of the forty-sixth Viceroy of New Spain. |
| 25. Discovery Island 3 (Victoria, 16km)
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| 26. Discovery Island Marine Park (Victoria, 16km)
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| 27. Dunsmuir (Victoria, 16km)
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28. Esquimalt / Constance Cove / Duntze Head (Victoria, 16km)
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Constance Cove after HMS Constance, which in 1848 became the first Royal Navy ship to use Esquimalt as her base. |
| 29. Esquimalt Lagoon Bird Sanctuary (Victoria, 16km)
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| 30. Esquimalt Land District (Victoria, 16km)
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31. Fairfield / Clover Point (Victoria, 16km)
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James Douglas appears to have landed here from SS Beaver in March 1843 when he arrived to found Fort Victoria. Douglas himself gave the point this name because he found an abundance of red clover growing here. |
| 32. Fernwood (Victoria, 16km)
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| 33. Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada (Victoria, 16km)
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| 34. Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada (Victoria, 16km)
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| 35. Goldstream (Victoria, 16km)
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| 36. Goldstream 13 (Victoria, 16km)
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| 37. Goldstream Land District (Victoria, 16km)
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| 38. Goldstream Park (Victoria, 16km)
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39. Gordon Head (Victoria, 16km)
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After Captain the Hon. John Gordon, commanding HMS America when she was in the North Pacific in 1845. |
| 40. Gowlland Tod Park (Victoria, 16km)
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