Street/Place Names

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	Hall Road
	Named after Frederick James Hall, a pioneer resident.
	Information welcomed
	Hamiota Street
	Origin unknown.
	Information welcomed
	Hampshire Road
	Named after the county of Hampshire, England.
	The section of Hampshire Road from Oak Bay Avenue to Cranmore Road was built in 1909 and called Junction Road, but renamed in 1921. The section between Bowker and Cavendish was originally called Bell's Road but renamed in 1928
Hampshire Road, between Oak Bay Avenue and Cranmore Road, is essentially a realigned (1909), paved (1914) and renamed (1921) Junction Road
	see Junction Road
	Click on THE TALK ON THE STREET to enjoy the recollections of Norma Hutchings
	Click on NAMESAKE to learn namesake of HAMPSHIRE
	Hampshire Terrace
	Named after Hampshire, England.
	Harlow Drive
	Origin unknown.
	Information welcomed
	Haro Street
	Named after Haro Strait, which was named in 1790 by Spanish captain Manuel Quimper after his first mate, Gonzalez Lopez de Haro.
	Former name of Rosario Street, originally called Walter Street
	see Rosario Street
	Haultain Street
	Origin unknown.
	Originally called Third Street but renamed in 1921 in deference to Haultain Street which originates in the City and runs through Saanich
	Information welcomed
	Hazel Street
	Origin uncertain, possibly after an early medical doctor associated with the Royal Jubilee Hospital.
	Information welcomed
	Henderson Road
	Named after William Henderson, second reeve of Oak Bay, and Senior Architect with the Dominion Department of Public Works.
Henderson Road appears on one pre-incorporation (1906) map as Connaught Avenue
	see William Henderson
	Heron Street
	Heron
	Origin uncertain, probably after the bird frequently seen on the waterfront.
	The north end of Heron Street was originally called Third Street (as was Haultain Street) but was renamed in 1921
	Hewlett Place
	Named after H.F. Hewlett, early councillor and reeve.
	Hibben's Close
	Named after T.N. Hibben, pioneer Victoria stationer.
	Hibben's Close marks a boundary between Oak Bay and Saanich
	Highland Drive
	Origin descriptive.
	Former name of Denison Road but renamed in 1921
	Hood Lane
	Origin unknown, possibly after Mt Hood in light of its former name, or after Britain's HMS Hood, the largest warship in the world when commissioned in 1920, ultimately sunk by the mightier Bismark in 1941.
	Originally called Ranier Lane but renamed in 1928
	Humber Road
	Origin unknown, possibly after the Humber, a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England.
	Information welcomed

PLACE NAMES

	Harling Point
	Named after Dr Fred Harling, a brave local dentist who gave his life trying to save a family in a small, storm-tossed boat off this point in 1934.
	Originally called Foul Point until 1903 and subsequently called Chinese Point in deference to the relocated Chinese Cemetery.
This is the location where part of two ancient migrating continents — Wrangellia and Leech River terrane — collided. You can see where they met: on one side is pale green chert rock and on the other is dark basalt.
	SONGHEES NAME Sahsima ("harpoon") At Harling Point is a large boulder that recognizes a special event in Lekwungen peoples' history. The myth tells that a native harpooner complained that spirits were keeping seals away. In response to the harpooner's irreverence, Haylas, the transformer, turned the seal harpooner into stone. This stone is a local landmark, but recognized by many as a glacial erratic
	Harris Island
	Named after Thomas Harris, first mayor of Victoria.
	Harris Island, located near Emily Islet (named after Harris' daughter), was named in 1862 by Captain Richards, HMS Hecate.
	Haynes Park
	Named after Arthur E. Haynes1 whose home, Sandhurst,2 at 1512 Mount Baker Avenue (Beach Drive) was built facing this promontory .
	The park was created in 1961 when the municipality purchased this headland property for $12,000 and demolished the cottages on it.
1 Arthur E Haynes was born in Victoria in 1872 and was an accountant for E. Crow-Baker when he built Sandhurst in 1898. By 1910 he was manager of BA Trust and subsequently partnered in several Victoria financial firms before establishing AE Haynes Real Estate in 1926. He was a signatory to the petition for municipal incorporation (July2, 1906) and a member of the 1906 inaugural Oak Bay Council. 2 The Haynes family home, Sandhurst, is important for its association with the early social history of Oak Bay. Neighbours included the Maclure, Rattenbury, Phipps, JD Helmken, Goward, Goodacre, Schwengers, Virtue, Peters and Tupper families. Many of the early homes were built as summer homes for well-off Victoria businessmen who were attracted to the rural atmosphere and recreational potential of early Oak Bay, and who were involved in the early development history of Oak Bay. Footnotes extracted from BC Register of Historic Places
	Haynes Point
	Named after Arthur E. Haynes.
	see Haynes Park

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