Street/Place Names

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GONZALES POINT — c 1900
Franklin photo courtesy RBCM (H-02400)

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Gibbs Road
Named after P.A. Gibbs, former Oak Bay reeve and M.L.A.

Glen Avenue
Origin unknown.
Information welcomed

Goldsmith Street
Named after Oliver Goldsmith, English poet and dramaticist.
Originally called Bourchier Street, after Victoria realtor, but renamed in 1921. Goldsmith Street is one of many streets in the area named after English poets including Chaucer, Milton and Byron
Nearby Elgin Road was originally called Burns Street, after Scottish poet Robert Burns

Goodwin Street
Origin unknown.
Originally called Nile Street but renamed in 1921
Information welcomed

Gordon Street
Origin unknown.
Former name of Carnarvon Street, renamed in 1921
Information welcomed

Granite Street
Origin uncertain, probably descriptive.
A section of this street was called Gonzales Street but was renamed in 1921

Greatford Place
Origin uncertain, possibly after an early settler in the area.
Information welcomed

Guernsey Street
Origin uncertain, possibly after the island of Guernsey in the English Channel.
Originally called Katherine Street but renamed in 1921


PLACE NAMES

Gonzales Bay (Foul Bay, Fowl Bay)
Named after Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, pilot of Manuel Quimper aboard the Princesa Real when the Spanish were exploring the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1790.
Originally called Foul Bay on an official survey done about 1847. Confusingly called Fowl Bay from the late 1800s because of Isabella Ross' adjoining Fowl Bay Farm. Renamed Gonzales Bay in 1924 after decades-old campaign by area residents claiming the name Foul Bay negatively affected real estate values.

Gonzales Hill
Named after Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, pilot of Manuel Quimper aboard the Princesa Real when the Spanish were exploring the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1790.

Gonzales Point
Origin, see Gonzales Hill,above.
SONGHEES NAME
Kukeeluk ("place of war")
Derived from the word "keeluk" (war), and the name of an village site on this point. It is believed that the hill was a look-out point for the Chilcowitch people who lived on McNeill Bay


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