There are many beautiful Bays in and around Victoria, BC
Photo: Benjamin Madison, Victoria, BC
West Bay - located in Esquimalt, and connecting Victoria's West Song Way for 5.5 km to downtown Victoria.
James Bay - James Bay is the oldest residential neighbourhood in Victoria. It is the oldest residential neighbourhood on the West coast of North America that is north of San Francisco. James Bay occupies the south side of the Inner Harbour close to downtown. Access to the neighbourhood is along Belleville Street, Government Street, Douglas Street and Dallas Road.
Ross Bay – Ross Bay Cemetery has the oldest surviving formal landscape design in BC and is a superb example of a Victorian-era burial ground.
Gonzales Bay/Foul Bay - Fairfield is a neighbourhood of Victoria. It is bounded by Gonzales (Foul Bay) neighbourhoods, and meets the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the south.
Oak Bay - In 2006, Oak Bay celebrated its centenary as a municipality. Before it was incorporated, there were pioneer farmers and fur traders settling here under the auspices of the Hudson’s Bay Company, from the mid-1800’s, and before they arrived Spanish and English explorers navigated the coastal waters. Artifacts, however, provide evidence of settlements dating back 3000 years.
Cadboro Bay - An English-style seaside village community and bay, is located in the Municipality of Saanich and north of Oak Bay. Cadboro Bay is nestled between the University of Victoria to the west and the Uplands to the south.
Cordova Bay - The village of Cordova Bay is a family area, with a mixture of newer and older homes, and a small village-type strip along scenic Cordova Bay. With its long sandy beach, and located east of Elk and Beaver Lakes and north of Broadmead, this quaint community is on the northern edge of the City of Victoria.
Saanichton Bay - Best described as a strip of trees and shore-line that provides green-space to a residential area, Saanichton Bay Park is a little known treasure. Explored from a paved path overlooking the water or from the foreshore, you will often find waterfowl and bald eagles. To the north, Saanichton Bay is protected by the rocky Turgoose Point.
Bazan Bay – is a little Bay in Sidney, BC, a few minutes drive north of Victoria Swartz Bay - lies at the north end of the Saanich Peninsula, location of one of BC Ferries' main terminals.
Coles Bay – A secluded bay on the western shore of the Saanich Peninsula, Brentwood Bay boasts a small Regional Park, with winding nature trails. A swimming beach and forest trails, with picnic tables are a feature of this lovely park.
Brentwood Bay – The Brentwood Bay village, on the Saanich Inlet, is rapidly developing. The village takes its name from the English town of Brentwood, Essex, hometown of R.M. Horne-Payne, president of the BC Electric Company in the 1920’s. The Brentwood Bay – Mill Bay ferry is a 25-minute route across the Saanich Inlet.
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