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Junction Road |
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| Origin unknown, probably descriptive as it was a shortcut that directly joined the Oak Bay Beach development to the Willows Fairground, thereby avoiding the Foul Bay Road route. | |
| Original name of Hampshire Road, north of Oak Bay Avenue | |
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| Origin uncertain, probably after the Battle of Jutland of World War 1. | |
| Original name of Sutherland Road, but renamed in 1921 | |
PLACE NAMES
| Jimmy Chicken Island (Mary Tod Island) |
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| Locally named after Jimmy Chicken, a Songhees native who lived on the island with his wife Jenny and sold his catch of the sea to early settlers. see Jimmy Chicken | |
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Juan de Fuca (Strait of) |
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| Named after Greek pilot Juan de Fuca, who sailed up this strait in 1592. |
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| 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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