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	Junction Road c1890–c1912
	Oak Bay Archives | 1997-002-001 Junction Road circa 1904 Click on image to view enlargement
	Junction Road probably started as a wagon trail carved across undeveloped land to connect early pioneers of south Oak Bay to Willows Fairgrounds.
	This trail had a dogleg that connected Oak Bay Avenue to Cadboro Bay Road at the point where Willow Road led to the fairgrounds.
	By 1904 this land was subdivided and lots had been sold.1
	With subdivision, the days were numbered for the dogleg veering to the fairgrounds. The dogleg was realigned, on paper, to connect with Cranmore Road to conform with the subdivision grid.
	In 1908 the municipality purchased the right-of-way for this realignment.2
	In 1909, Junction Road was realigned to connect Oak Bay Avenue with Cranmore Road.3
	By 1912, Junction Road was being called North Hampshire Road in deference to Hampshire Road south of Oak Bay Avenue.4
	In 1926, North Hampshire Road was incorporated into Hampshire Road.5
	Junction Road was never an official street. Although it appeared on some old maps as a trail through undeveloped land, it wasn't listed in city street directories because no addresses were assigned for, nor any houses built on, Junction Road.
1 Stark, Stuart. Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings: More than just Bricks and Boards. (The Hallmark Society: 1986) p 14 2 Ibid. 3 Murdoch, George. A History of the Municipality of Oak Bay. (Oak Bay Municipality: 1968) p 35 4 Henderson's Victoria Street and Avenue Directory for 1912. p 179 5 Wrigley's Victoria Street and Avenue Directory: 1926. p 1377

PLACE NAMES

	Jimmy Chicken Island (Mary Tod Island)
	Locally named after Jimmy Chicken, a Songhees native who lived on the island with his wife Jenny and sold his catch of the sea (and a few stolen chickens) to the Mount Baker Hotel.
	see Jimmy Chicken
	Juan de Fuca (Strait of)
	Named after Greek pilot Juan de Fuca, who sailed up this strait in 1592.
	Regarded as myth for nearly two hundred years, the existence of this inlet was confirmed by Captain Charles William Barkley in July, 1787, who recognized it as the long lost strait of Juan de Fuca and so named it on his charts

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