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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MacKenzie TV Service
2271 Bowker Avenue (...1959... phone book)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Maclure, Samuel
1860–1929
Oak Bay architect of renown
Profile under development

McBratney's Fine Foods
2252 Oak Bay Avenue (1950–1956... phone books)
Former location of Oak Bay Grocery and Superior Food Stores
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

McCleave Riding School and Saddle Horses
Exhibition Grounds (...1918... phone book)
Subsequent location of D.B. Carley's Victoria Riding Academy. (...1930–1947... phone books)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

McDougall, Douglas W, Dr dentist
2225-A Oak Bay Avenue (...1956... phone book)

McDougall, R H, Dr dentist
1505 Hampshire Road (1947–1956... phone books)

McInnes, J tailor
2009 Oak Bay Avenue (...1934... phone book)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

McLaren Avenue
see Street/Place Names section

McLure's Food Market
2518 Estevan Avenue (1948–1968 phone books)
FREE DELIVERY
GROCERIES - FROZEN FOODS
NURSERY STOCK IN SEASON
J. W. (Julius) FORER
2518 Estevan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8311
— ad in 1957 phone book
"McLure's was owned and operated in the 1950s by Mr. Jules Forer. Mr. Forer was Swiss by birth. The store had charge accounts for many customers and made home deliveries, often on a bicycle with two wire carriers: one on the front, one on the back. Deliveries were also made in a Ford panel delivery truck."
— Terry Murphy
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

McMicking Point
see Street/Place Names section

McNeill, William Henry
1803–1875
Captain of Hudson's Bay Company's steamship "Beaver" and one of Oak Bay's five original landowners
Profile under development

McNeill Avenue
see Street/Place Names section

McNeill Bay (Shoal Bay)
see Street/Place Names section

Magnet, The
Oak Bay Avenue
"The best destination for anyone under the age of 12 in the 1950s. Full of fun trinkets, little toys and, I think, possibly sewing supplies. Run by two Japanese Canadian (I think) sisters. The promise of a visit to the Magnet kept any child happy while Mom did the shopping."
— Erica Fowles
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Magnet Hardware
2072 Cadboro Bay Road (1949–1959... phone books)
PAINTS, GARDEN & FISHING SUPPLIES
DINKY TOYS – RENTALS
2072 Cadboro Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9022
— ad in 1957 phone book
Former location of Karilyn Hardware
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Maison Dudley
2001 Oak Bay Avenue (...1934... phone book)
2192 Oak Bay Avenue (...1941–1957... phone books)

— ad in 1938 Welcome to Victoria guidebook

"Established in Oak Bay Since 1925".
G. Dudley Stephens, Proprietor
Next to Municipal Hall
2192 Oak Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5641
— ad in 1957 phone book
see next listing
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Maison Dudley Hairdressing
2001 Oak Bay Avenue (...1930... phone book)
PERMANENT WAVING, ETC.
Cor. Foul Bay Rd.
2001 Oak Bay Ave. . . . . . . . . . . Phone 2485
— ad in 1930 phone book
see preceding listing
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

"Manhattan Shakedown"
1937 movie produced by film studio in Oak Bay
see Willows Park Studio
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Maquinna Street
see Street/Place Names section

Margate Avenue
see Street/Place Names section

Marine Chalet Apartments
2451 Beresford Street (...1930–1957... phone books)
RBCM(E-07675)
Building demolished.
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Marne Street
see Street/Place Names section

Marrion Street
see Street/Place Names section

Mary Tod Island
see Street/Place Names section

Mathfair Bakery
2190 Oak Bay Avenue (1951–1956 phone books)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Mayhew, The Hon. R. W.
Reeve of Oak Bay (1933–1935), federal M.P. and Canadian Ambassador to Japan
Biographical material welcomed

Mayors of Oak Bay
see Reeves of Oak Bay

Meadow Place
see Street/Place Names section

Melita Hairdressing Parlors
2006 Oak Bay Avenue (...1934... phone book)
Subsequent location of Avenue Electric
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Merchants Bank of Canada (Oak Bay Branch)
2315 Oak Bay Avenue (...1918... phone book)
Oak Bay's first bank
Oak Bay's building boom from 1910–12 began to wane in 1913 and by mid-year unemployment was high and Oak Bay faced a financial crisis. The municipality's banker, the Bank of North America, refused an additional overdraft which resulted in the stoppage of public work projects and further unemployment. The Merchants Bank of Canada came to the rescue and established a branch office in Oak Bay in 1913.
In 1921 the Merchants Bank of Canada merged with the Bank of Montreal who then established a branch office in Oak Bay at the 2315 Oak Bay Avenue address before relocating to 2201 Oak Bay Avenue.
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Merryfield & Dack Drug Stores
1905 Foul Bay Road (...1918... phone book)
Oak Bay's first drug store
The Victoria pharmaceutical company Merryfield and Dack had several retail outlets: James Bay Pharmacy, Junction Pharmacy and Oak Bay Pharmacy.
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Middowne Road
see Street/Place Names section

Midland Circle

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Midland Circle became the streetcar terminus in the Uplands when the line was extended from the Willows in 1913.
With the exception of the streetcar tracks (which remain buried beneath the pavement), Midland Circle today looks much as it did nearly one hundred years ago.
see Street/Place Names section

Midland Road
see Street/Place Names section

Miles' Grocery
 537 Victoria Avenue
Miles' Grocery was a small, family-run enterprise on Victoria Avenue that served south Oak Bay from the early 1920s through the1950s. It was established to provide employment for a disabled Great War veteran, and continued for nearly four decades with the support of several generations of the Miles family. They made their own breads and buns, and had a large vegetable garden that supplied even the downtown market. But with changing times, they began selling their land through the 1950s, and closed shop by the end of the decade as supermarkets began asserting their influence.
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Milton Street
see Street/Place Names section

Miss Ellanie's gift shop
2041 Oak Bay Avenue (...1956... phone book)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Mitchell Street
see Street/Place Names section

Monteith Street
see Street/Place Names section

Monterey Avenue
see Street/Place Names section

Monterey Market
2251 Oak Bay Avenue (...1941–1957... phone books)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Monterey School
Profile under development

Morgan's Grocery
1175 Newport Avenue (...1944–1970... phone books)
Formerly known as Borrowman's Grocery Store and Tapley's Grocery, this small, family-run enterprise served the Windsor Park area for many decades. Ted and Noria Southwell purchased the business in 1957 and were the proprietors until the building was demolished in the late 1980s.
Click on the MEMORABILIA button to view or contribute recollections, photographs and artifacts of Morgan's Grocery

Mount Baker Hotel
1893–1902
RBCM(D-03006)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

"Mount Joy"
Profile under development

Mount Joy Avenue
see Street/Place Names section

Mountain View Lodge
2251 Cadboro Bat Road
see Old Men's Home

Municipal Golf Club
Former name of Uplands Golf Club before 1922.
see Uplands Golf Club

Municipal Hall
2200 Oak Bay Avenue
The original municipal hall was built in 1912
RBCM(I-20584)
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Munro's Bakery
1179 Newport Avenue (1950–1954... phone books)
Former location of Aline's ladies' ready-to-wear
Subsequent location of Caspersen's Bakery
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

"Murder is News"
1937 movie produced by film studio in Oak Bay
see Willows Park Studio
Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed

Musgrave Street
see Street/Place Names section



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