The Oak Bay Encyclopedia TM
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A listing of noteworthy
people, places and things from
Oak Bay's early years
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Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) 1911–1926 |
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| professional ice hockey comes to the West Coast | |||||||||
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| In 1911 the Patrick family established the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) with teams in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster. An arena was constructed in Oak Bay to host the games played in Victoria. Much hockey history was made in this building. | |||||||||
| In 1925 the Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup in Oak Bay's arena. | |||||||||
| The league folded in 1927 and the Victoria team was sold to Detroit to become the Detroit Red Wings. | |||||||||
| The fascinating history of the PCHA is told in Craig Bowlsby's book, Empire of Ice. | |||||||||
| see Patrick Arena, Victoria Senators, Victoria Cougars | |||||||||
Pantry Shelf 2517 Estevan Avenue (1962–1970... phone books) |
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Pattinson's pharmacy 2248 Oak Bay Avenue (1921–1925 city directories) |
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Patrick, Lester 1883–1960 |
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| The Silver Fox — hockey's greatest innovator — built Oak Bay's hockey arena in 1911 in which he led Victoria Cougars to Stanley Cup win in 1925 | |||||||||
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Patrick Arena (Victoria Arena) 1911–1929 2110 Cadboro Bay Road |
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| the modern game of ice hockey was significantly shaped in this historic Oak Bay building | |||||||||
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| The Patrick Arena was built in 1911 to house Victoria's entry — the Senators — into the newly-formed Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Many hockey firsts happened in this historic building and it was here, in 1925, that Lester Patrick's Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens. | |||||||||
| The arena was located on Cadboro Bay Road at Epworth Street (then called Empress Street). The building was destroyed by fire in the early morning of November 11,1929. | |||||||||
| Click on MEMORABILIA to view or contribute photographs, artifacts and recollections of the Patrick Arena. Check out the incredible panorama shot taken the morning after it burned down | |||||||||
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| see Lester Patrick | |||||||||
Paul V Tempest furniture 1179 Newport Avenue (1942 phone book) |
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Pemberton, Joseph Despard 1821–1893 |
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| colonial surveyor / one of Oak Bay's five original landowners, owning most of south Oak Bay | |||||||||
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Penguin Library & Gift Shop 1161 Newport Avenue (1939 city directory) |
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Peters, The Honourable Frederick 1851–1919 |
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former Premier of Prince Edward Island (1891–1897) / pioneer (1897) Oak Bay landowner and resident |
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| see Garrison House, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper | |||||||||
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Pharmacies |
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| originally listed as Drug Stores/Druggists | |||||||||
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Phillipps-Wolley, Sir Clive 1853–1918 |
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| Oak Bay sovereignist knighted for his patriotism | |||||||||
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Photo Centre (Pacific Coast) Ltd 2186 Oak Bay Avenue (1949–1950 phone books) |
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| This was one of several photography businesses operating out of this space prior to its usage as a banquet hall for the Goblin Coffee Shop in the early 1950s and subsequent conversion to a night club — the Club Tango — in 1954. | |||||||||
| see Roye Photography, Victoria Clinical and Color Laboratory, Camera Studies Club | |||||||||
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Piggly Wiggly food market 2253 Oak Bay Avenue (1930–1939 city directories) |
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| one of five Piggly Wiggly stores franchised throughout Greater Victoria | |||||||||
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Pomeroy's Children's Shoes & Varieties 1157 Newport Avenue (1952–1957... phone books) |
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Pomeroy's Oak Bay Confectionery 1157 Newport Avenue (1941–1951 phone books) |
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Porter's Red & White Market (1950–1953 phone books) Porter's Food Market (1954–1956 phone books) Porter's IGA Super Market (1957–1959... phone books) |
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| 2077 Cadboro Bay Road | |||||||||
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Potter's Grocery 947 Monterey Avenue (1950–1954 phone books) |
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Price's Shoe Store 2004 Oak Bay Avenue (1931–1936 city directories / phone books) |
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Princess Chikhmatoff (Jennie Butchart Ross) 1885–1971 |
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| daughter of Robert Butchart (Butchart Gardens) / married a Russian prince to become Oak Bay's princess | |||||||||
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| After her husband Harry Ross' death in 1930, Jennie Ross (nee Butchart, of Butchart Gardens fame) married an impoverished Russian Prince in 1934 to become Princess Chirinsky-Chikhmatoff. Jennie was forty-nine and the Prince only twenty-eight. The marriage caused a family scandal and was short-lived. The Prince left for the night life of New York and Paris. Jennie remained in her Oak Bay home, Blair Gowie, at 2031 Runnymede, until the early 1940s. | |||||||||
| From the early 1940s until 1961 she lived at 906 St. Charles Street where her parents were living. In 1950 the Princess opened the tearoom at Butchart Gardens, serving crumpets and marmalade for 25 cents. | |||||||||
| In 1961 the Princess moved to 1069 Beach Drive to be with her son, Ian, and family. | |||||||||
| Jennie Ross — Princess Chikhmatoff — died in 1971 | |||||||||
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| see Blair Gowie | |||||||||
Prior's Grocery 2517 Estevan Avenue (...1959–1961 phone books) |
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Pussy Willow Children's Wear 2530 Estevan Avenue (1959–1962... phone books) |
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Pussy Willow Gift Shop 2532 Estevan Avenue (...1964–1970... phone books) |
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