The Oak Bay EncyclopediaTM
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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Karilyn Hardware
2072-C 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... phone book)
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
 Built: 1913
Original owner: Roderick Ross Sutherland
Architect: Samuel Maclure
OAK BAY HERITAGE BUILDING
"Kildonan" is named after Sutherland's hometown Kildonan, Manitoba

King George Terrace
see Street/Place Names section

Kings Road
see Street/Place Names section

"Kingsmont"
305 Denison
 Built: 1910/11
Original owner: George Ogilvie Leask
Architect: D.C. Frame
OAK BAY HERITAGE BUILDING

Kinross Avenue
see Street/Place Names section

Kipling, Rudyard
Nobel prize-winner* charmed by Oak Bay
During a 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.
* Kipling was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1907

Kirkham's Grocery
2509 Estevan Avenue (...1934... phone book)
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 in the 1950s
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed



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