The Oak Bay Encyclopedia ^TM
T . H . E . .. E . A . R . L . Y . .. Y . E . A . R . S

A listing of noteworthy
people, places and things from
Oak Bay's early years

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	K C Market 2284 Cadboro Bay Road (...1964–1970... phone books)
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	Karilyn Hardware 2072c Cadboro Bay Road (...1948 phone book)
Subsequent location of Magnet Hardware
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	Karolyn's Ladies Wear 2519 Estevan Avenue (1956–1957... phone books)
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	Karolyn's Style Shoppe 2519 Estevan Avenue (...1959–1970... phone books)
	SMART DRESSES IN ALL SIZES EXPERT FITTINGS LINGERIE, SKIRTS, BLOUSES, ACCESSORIES 2519 Estevan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EV 2-9662 — ad in 1959 phone book
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	Kelsey Place see Street/Place Names section
	Kendall Avenue see Street/Place Names section
	Kildonan 931 Foul Bay Road
	1913 home of Roderick Ross Sutherland
Oak Bay Heritage Building Kildonan is named after Sutherland's hometown, Kildonan, Manitoba
	Kimbolton 1905–1950 2227 Oak Bay Avenue
	1905 home of coal magnate William Fernie
	Royal BC Museum and Archives | G-07026 Kimbolton Click on image to view enlargement
	Built in 1905, Kimbolton was the stylish residence of William Fernie, named after his birthplace, Kimbolton, a village in Cambridgeshire, England.
	In 1950 Kimbolton was converted to an unattractive apartment block, Fernhurst Apartments, and subsequently demolished in 1971 to make way for the Monterey Centre and Library complex.
Kimbolton is an old, Roman-era village, Cynebaldtun, in Cambridgeshire, England. It was part of the estate of Anglo-Saxon King Harold II at the time of the Battle of Hastings (1066) and listed as Chenebaltone in the Doomsday book compiled in 1086. After the Norman conquest, a castle was built at Kimbolton. Kimbolton Castle, now a school, is infamous for once being home and prison to Katherine of Aragon after her divorce from Henry VIII, She died in Kimbolton Castle in 1536.
	see "Fernhurst Apartments"
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	King George Terrace see Street/Place Names section
	Kings Road see Street/Place Names section
	Kingsmont 305 Denison
	1910/11 home of George Ogilvie Leask
Oak Bay Heritage Building
	Kinross Avenue see Street/Place Names section
	Kipling, Rudyard
	Nobel prize winner1 charmed by Oak Bay
	During his 1907 visit to Victoria, renowned English writer Rudyard Kipling stayed at the Oak Bay Hotel where he wrote this delightful poem to capture his visit:
	A gilded mirror and a polished bar Myriads of glasses strewn ajar A kind-faced man all dressed in white That's my recollection of last night The streets were narrow and far too long Sidewalks slippery, policemen strong The slamming door, the sea-going hack That's my recollection of getting back A rickety staircase and hard to climb But I rested often, I'd lots of time An awkward keyhole and a misplaced chair Informed my wife that I was there.
	The last verse makes reference to the Oak Bay Hotel. Built in 1905, and subsequently called the Old Charming Inn, the building was demolished in 1962 to make way for Oak Bay's then most luxurious apartment block — the Rudyard Kipling.
1 Kipling was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1907
	see Oak Bay Hotel
	Kirkham's grocery 2509 Estevan Avenue (1932–1935 city directories)
	Oak Bay branch of long-established Victoria grocery firm, O.H. Kirkham Co Ltd
	Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay
	see Oak Bay Kiwanis Club
	"Knee High" Fox terrier used by the Oak Bay Police Department to promote traffic safety to school children in the 1950s
	"I remember a traffic-safety demonstration in the early 1950s in the Willows School auditorium where a traffic violation was acted out on stage and 'Knee High' ran from the back of the auditorium and jumped up on the stage to prevent the violation. A graphic presentation that obviously made an lasting impression!" — Gary Wilcox, OBHS class of 1960
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	Kraus' Confectionery 2284 Cadboro Bay Road (1938–1940 city directories)
Former location of Central Films Subsequent location of Morley's Confectionery
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

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