District of Oak Bay Capital Regional District, British Columbia

District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. Immediately E of Victoria (City), Victoria Land District

Mapped Location

District of Oak Bay: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on District of Oak Bay

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for District of Oak Bay

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
District of Oak Bay Official

 

Origin Notes and History of District of Oak Bay

References to District of Oak Bay that document the origin of its place name

Incorporated 2 July 1906 as The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay. "Oak Bay (Municipal District)" adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924 p.357. Re-approved 1 May 1934 on National Defence sheet 1449, Victoria.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Before it became a built-up suburb of Victoria, it was, in Sir Charles Piers's phrase, "a veritable bay of oaks." The name appears on Captain Kellet's chart of 1847.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Capital Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-25