Street/Place Names

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	Alexander Avenue
	Origin unknown.
	Former name of Dewdney Avenue, renamed in 1921
	Information welcomed
	Allenby Street
	Originally called Robert Street but renamed in 1928 in deference to Allenby Street in Saanich, to which it was contiguous.
	Named after Field Marshall Viscount Allenby.
	Gary Wilcox photo . Allenby Street . 1954 . Click on photo to view panorama of former Willows Fairgrounds
	Built in 1951, Allenby Street in Oak Bay was just a one-block-long dirt road between Foul Bay Road and Henderson Road (which ran alongside the western perimeter of the former Willows Fairgrounds.) When the fairgrounds were subdivided in 1954, Allenby Street was pushed through to connect with and incorporate Wakefield Road, on the east side.
Despite appearing on city maps for decades, Allenby Street in Oak Bay didn't actually exist before 1951 — when the first homes were built. Before 1951 there was nothing but open field between Neil and Townley Streets.
	Click on THE TALK ON THE STREET to enjoy the recollections of Gary Wilcox
	Click on TUTORIAL for Street Map Tutorial with viewing options
	Anscomb Place
	Named after Herbert Anscomb, a former reeve of Oak Bay, mayor of Victoria, and cabinet minister in the provincial government.
	Originally called Dundas Avenue until c1928
	see Herbert Anscomb
	Arden Road
	Origin unknown.
	Information welcomed
	Armstrong Avenue
	Origin unknown.
	Information welcomed
	Ashdowne Road
	Origin unknown.
	Named by the Hudson's Bay Company
	Avondale Road
	Origin unknown.
	Named by the Hudson's Bay Company

PLACE NAMES

	Anderson Hill (Blueberry Hill)
	Named circa 1870 after Alexander Caulfield Anderson, chief trader of the Hudson's Bay Company.
	Anderson retired from the Company in 1854 and settled in Saanich. He subsequently became the first collector of customs of British Columbia, and postmaster of Victoria. He was later appointed a commissioner for the settlement of the Indian land question and, at the time of his death in 1884, was Fisheries Commissioner for the province
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