1. Happy Valley
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Happy Valley - Around 1860 some blacks who had emigrated from the United States settled here. According to some accounts, their singing gave the place its name of Happy Valley. |
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2. Braemar Heights
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3. Langford (City)
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4. Albert Head (Colwood, 3km)
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Albert Head - After Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. |
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5. Beaver Lake (Colwood, 3km)
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6. Colwood (City) / Dunns Nook / Fisgard Island / Fort Rodd / Royal Roads / Wittys Lagoon (Colwood, 3km)
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In 1851, when Captain E.E. Langford arrived from England to manage the Esquimalt farm of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, a subsidiary of the HBC, he named the farmhouse Colwood after his home in Sussex. |
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7. Glen Lake (Colwood, 3km)
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8. Luxton (Colwood, 3km)
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9. Highlands (District) (Highlands, 3km)
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10. View Royal (Town) (View Royal, 5km)
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11. Metchosin (District) (Metchosin, 8km)
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12. Esquimalt (Township) (Esquimalt, 7km)
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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. |
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13. Bamberton (Malahat, 12km)
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After H.K. Bamber, managing director of British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd., who came from England to help with construction of a cement plant here. |
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14. Leechtown (Malahat, 12km)
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15. Malahat (Malahat, 12km)
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16. Saanich (District) / D'Arcy Island / Haro Strait (Saanich, 10km)
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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. |
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17. Anaqtl'a (Victoria, 11km)
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18. Bear Mountain (Victoria, 11km)
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19. Belmont Park (Victoria, 11km)
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20. Cadboro Bay / Jemmy Jones Island (Victoria, 11km)
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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. |
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21. Chatham Islands 4 (Victoria, 11km)
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22. Colquitz / Colquitz River / Portage Inlet (Victoria, 11km)
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Colquitz from the Straits Salish word meaning 'waterfall.' |
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23. Cordova Bay (Victoria, 11km)
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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. |
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24. Discovery Island 3 (Victoria, 11km)
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25. Discovery Island Marine Park (Victoria, 11km)
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26. Dunsmuir (Victoria, 11km)
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27. Esquimalt / Constance Cove / Duntze Head (Victoria, 11km)
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Constance Cove after HMS Constance, which in 1848 became the first Royal Navy ship to use Esquimalt as her base. |
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28. Esquimalt Lagoon Bird Sanctuary (Victoria, 11km)
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29. Esquimalt Land District (Victoria, 11km)
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30. Fairfield / Clover Point (Victoria, 11km)
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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. |
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31. Fernwood (Victoria, 11km)
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32. Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada (Victoria, 11km)
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33. Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada (Victoria, 11km)
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34. Goldstream (Victoria, 11km)
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35. Goldstream 13 (Victoria, 11km)
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36. Goldstream Land District (Victoria, 11km)
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37. Goldstream Park (Victoria, 11km)
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38. Gordon Head (Victoria, 11km)
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After Captain the Hon. John Gordon, commanding HMS America when she was in the North Pacific in 1845. |
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39. Gowlland Tod Park (Victoria, 11km)
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40. Halkett Island 2 (Victoria, 11km)
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