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Eastdowne Road |
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| Origin descriptive, eastern-most street in Lansdowne slope subdivision. | ||||
| Named by the Hudson's Bay Company. The original short road (from Cadboro Bay Road to about where Haultain is today) was called Willow Road but renamed Willows Road in 1928. Willows Road was subsequently named Eastdowne Road when it was extended through the former fairgrounds with the development of the Carnarvon Park subdivision in the early 1950s. | ||||
Earn Street |
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| Origin unknown. | ||||
| Information welcomed | ||||
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Elgin Road |
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| Origin uncertain, possibly after the town of Elgin, Scotland, or after Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin. | ||||
| Originally called Burns Street, renamed in 1921 | ||||
Empress Street |
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| Origin unknown. | ||||
| Former name of Epworth Street, renamed in 1921 | ||||
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Epworth Street |
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| Origin uncertain, possibly after the village of Epworth in Lincolnshire, England. | ||||
| Originally called Empress Street, renamed in 1921 | ||||
Esplanade (The) |
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| Origin descriptive, "a long stretch of open level ground for walking beside the seashore." | ||||
| Originally called Oak Bay Esplanade. renamed in 1928 | ||||
Essex Road |
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| Origin probably after the English county. | ||||
| Essex Road disappeared with the development of Uplands Park in 1946 | ||||
Estevan Avenue |
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| Origin uncertain: possibly after Spanish naval officer, Estevan Jose Martinez, who explored local waters in 1789; or after C.G.S. Estevan, the lighthouse tender in Victoria at the time of the name change. | ||||
| Originally called Olympia Avenue, renamed Connaught Avenue in 1913 and subsequently renamed Estevan Avenue in 1921 | ||||
Exeter Road |
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| Named after Exeter, England. | ||||
| Exeter Road (along with Norfolk Road) was created in the early 1930s to service the many medium-size lots that were created from the subdivision of large-size lots formerly serviced by Lincoln Road (which disappeared in the process) | ||||
PLACE NAMES
| Emily Islet | |
| Named in 1862 after Emily, youngest daughter of Thomas Harris, first mayor of Victoria. | |
| Emily was born in Liverpool in 1851 and arrived in Victoria in 1858 where she lived the remainder of her life. Emily Islet is located near Mary Tod Island | |
Enterprise Channel |
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| Named circa 1863 by Admiralty surveyors after the HBC steamship S.S. Enterprise. The Enterprise was acquired by the HBC in 1862 and served in the development of this area until she was lost in a collision with the steamer R.P. Rithet in 1888 and subsequently scuttled in the waters of Cadboro Bay where she lay partially visible for many years. | |
| Enterprise Channel is the narrow body of water that lies between Oak Bay and the Trial Islands |
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