Brentwood Bay Capital Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. SW side of Saanich Peninsula, NW of Victoria, South Saanich Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Brentwood Bay

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Brentwood Bay

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

Name Description
Brentwood Bay Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Brentwood Bay

References to Brentwood Bay that document the origin of its place name

Brentwood Bay (Post Office) adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defense sheet 415d, Saanich (file S.2.33). Confirmed 5 May 1949 on Chart 3451. Form of name changed to Brentwood (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92G/11.

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

Sluggett Post Office opened here 1 August 1892, named after first postmaster J.Sluggett; the district around here was called Sluggetts. When the railway was complete (date not cited) the station was named Brentwood, after the English estate, and (ancestral ?) home of Mr. Horne-Payne, chairman of the board of directors, BC Electric Railway. The district around here became more frequently called Brentwood. Brentwood (station) labelled on BC map 2A, 1913. Sluggett Post Office was renamed Brentwood Bay Post Office 16 March 1925. Department of Highways ferry landing, Brentwood, was subsequently located here.

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

"Supposed to have been called Moodyville by Vancouver Island Coach Lines."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Capital Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-25