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Street Name Type Status Description Alexander Street Historic Named for developer H.B. Alexander. Now Dewdney Avenue. Allenby Street Current Originally Robert Street to the west of the Exhibition Grounds and Wakefield Street to the east of the Grounds. The present name was given for Field Marshall Viscount Allenby following World War I. Anscomb Place Current Named for Herbert Anscomb, 1892-1972, a former reeve of Oak Bay (1925), mayor of Victoria (1928-31), and a cabinet minister in the provincial government. Armstrong Avenue Current Possibly early landowner. Ashdowne Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company Land Department, Winnipeg (Manitoba). Avondale Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company Land Department, Winnipeg (Manitoba). Babbacombe Place Historic South of 951 Beach Drive to water. Now closed. Barkley Terrace Current Named for Captain Charles William Barkley, an early explorer in local waters (ca. 1787). Formerly part of Highland Drive and Patricia Avenue. Bartlett Avenue Current Named for Alfred T. Bartlett, an early resident of Oak Bay. Bay Road Historic Now Cedar Hill Cross Road. Beach Drive Current Originally three sections - Beach (First Street) from intersection of Dallas Road and Foul Bay Road (Victoria City boundary) along to the bend by the Victoria Golf Course; "Mount Baker Avenue" from that point to just beyond Bowker Creek, where it ended; and The Uplands portion was called Shore Road. By 1908, it was called Beach Drive all the way to Uplands, then Shore Road. Beach Avenue Historic Now Broom Road. Beachway Avenue Historic From Bells Road (now part of Musgrave Street) to city limits, now Cavendish Avenue. Beaver Street Historic Original name of Beaverbrooke Street. Name changed at the request of the Victoria Postmaster. Beaverbrooke Street Current Originally called Beaver Street. Name changed at the request of the Victoria Postmaster. Possibly named after small stream in the area rather than Lord Beaverbrooke. Bee Street Current Origin unknown. Beech Road Historic Found in 1911 Census. May be misspelling of Beach. Bellevue Street Historic Now Beresford Place. Bells Road Historic Now part of Musgrave Street. Belmont Street Historic Now Satellite Street. Beresford Street Current Originally Bellevue Street. Renamed for Admiral, Lord Charles Beresford, one time First Lord of the Admiralty in Britain, (1846-1919). Bold Point Lane Historic Was Island View Lane and later became Radcliffe Lane. Boundary Road Historic Now Falkland Road. Bourchier Street Historic Now Goldsmith Street. Bowker Place Current Derived from the name of the J.S. Bowker residence, Bowker Place (formerly Oak Bay Farm) presently at 1931 Bowker Place. Bowker Avenue Current Named for John Sylvester Bowker, 1867-1935, early resident of the District and son-in-law of John Tod. Originally Oak Bay Road. Brighton Avenue Current Originally two names: Cowan Avenue and Brighton Place (Monterey to Transit). Possibly named for Brighton, England. Brighton Place Historic One of the original names for Brighton Avenue along with Cowan Avenue. Brighton Place was the block between Oliver Street (historic name St. Andrew Street) and St. Patrick Street. It was to be left as a green space (square shaped). The municipality sold off the land in the 60s and four homes were built - two on Oliver Street and two on St. Patrick Street. Broom Road Current This was originally Beach Avenue. Name changed to avoid confusion with Beach Drive. Burdick Avenue Current Early settler, Newton Townley Burdick was an alderman and reeve of Oak Bay in 1918. Burns Street Historic After Scottish poet Robert Burns. Now Elgin Road. Byng Street Current Originally Church Road. Renamed for Lord Byng of Vimy (WWI). Also called Oakland(s) Road. Byron Street Current For the English poet, Baron George Gordon Byron, better known as Lord Byron (1788- 1824).
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Street Name Type Status Description Cadboro Bay Road Current A shortening of the name Cadborough, first vessel to enter the bay of that name (c. 1842) in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. See also Willow Crescent. Calvert Crescent Historic Anderson Hill to Earn Street - closed for Elkington Close - now part of Centennial Trail. Camus Lane Historic Camus Lane is named after the indigenous plant. This lane was unnamed until approximately 2005. Before that it was just an unnamed laneway. It is historic in the fact that it follows the survey line delineating the south end of HBC's Uplands Farm and was used as a pathway from the beach to the HBC trading post on what is now Nottingham Park. Cardiff Place Current Named for Cardiff, Wales. Cardigan Road Current Named for Cardigan, Wales. Carnarvon Street Current Named for Carnarvon, Wales. Formerly Gordon Street. Carrick Street Current Continuation of a street in Saanich with the same name. Originally Fourth Street. Cavendish Avenue Current Possibly named for William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle. Originally Beachway Avenue. Cedar Hill Road Current Originally called Bay Road. Cross Central Avenue Current Central location, dividing south Oak Bay. Charlton Street Historic Prior to 1928. From Foul Bay Road to Fairgrounds. Now Newton Street. Chaucer Street Current After English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400). Chelsea Place Current Named by HBC, possibly for Chelsea, England. Chiltern Place Current Named by HBC, possibly for Chiltern Hills in England. Christie Way Current For Victoria alderman, the late Mrs. Margaret Christie, who was responsible for the subdivision of city-owned property once part of the lane of the Old Men's Home (Mountain View) on Hampshire Hill. Councillor from 1944-54. Church Road Historic Now Byng Street. Clive Drive Current Named for Sir Clive Phillips-Wolley, who built a large home, Woodhall, at the upper end of the street in 1891. Connaught Avenue Historic Was Olympia Avenue. Now Estevan Avenue. Cookman Street Current Probably named for an early resident. Cotswold Road Current Named for Cotswold Hills, England. Following the HBC tradition of naming streets for British places. Cowan Avenue Historic One of the original names for Brighton Avenue along with Brighton Place. Cowan Avenue went from Foul Bay Road to Victoria Avenue. Cranleigh Place Current Name taken from Cranleigh House School (formerly the Willows Hotel). Cranmore Road Current Contraction of names of early families Crane and Blakemore. Originally called Tod Road leading to John Sylvester Bowker's Oak Bay Farm. NB There is currently another Tod(d) Road. Crescent Road Current Name suggested by the shape of the road. Crestview Road Current View from the crest at upper portion of this road. Cubbon Drive Current A subdivision of the former Joseph Pemberton Jr. property. Named for the developer Harold Cubban. Currie Road Current Originally Longbranch Avenue, after New York resort town. Present name given for Lieutenant General, Sir Arthur Currie, C.B., K.C.M.G., commander of the Canadian forces, WWI. Dalhousie Street Current Originally in three sections: Thistle Street at the upper end; Margaret Street in the middle; and Seaview Avenue toward Beach Drive. Possibly to honour the Earl of Dalhousie, or after Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Deal Road Historic Part of Cattle Point Loop/Scenic Drive. Also called Southdowne Road. Changed in 1928 when road not completed due to Uplands Park. 1908 Victoria map shows it as part of what is now the Cattle Point loop. Deal went from Beach directly to the waterfront (no loop). Southdowne Rd, between Beach and Landsdowne, is now wholly within Uplands park. Deal Street Current Possibly named for the borough of Deal in Kent, England.
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Street Name Type Status Description Denison Road Current Was to have been part of Highland Drive (now Barkley Terrace). Renamed for Napier Denison, 1866-1946, Dominion Government Meteorologist, at the time the observatory was was constructed on Gonzales Hill. Denison was known to thousands of Victorians as "our weatherman." Devon Road Current Named for Devon, England. Dewdney Avenue Current After Edgar Dewdney, 1835-1916. Originally Alexander Avenue. Dorset Road Current Named for Dorset, England. Southern part to Beach Drive was called Meadow Road. Changed in 1928. Dover Road Current Named for Dover, England. Dryfe Street Current Possibly an early settler. Scottish place name. Dufferin Avenue Current Originally Scott Avenue. Named for Lord Dufferin, Governor General of Canada, 1872- 1878. Dundrum Road Current Hudson's Bay Company name. A suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Dunlevy Street Current Named for Peter C. Dunlevy, an early settler prior to 1906. Originally Fourth Street, then Fuller's (Fuller?) Avenue (or Street) after early landowner. Durham Road Historic Uplands road on Oak Bay Municipality 1911 map. Not built. (North end of Shoreway near Cadboro Bay intersection.) Earn Street Current Part of Centennial Trail - Transit to Island Roads. Possibly after Loch Earn in Scotland. Eastdowne Road Current Another of the "downes" named by Hudson Bay Company. The portion of the road from Cadboro Bay Road to Haultain Street (Fairgrounds) was originally Willow Road. Edgecliffe Place Current Cul-de-sac subdivision named after the historic Edgecliffe estate (formerly 925 Foul Bay Road) where the road is situated. Elgin Road Current Originally Burns Street (for Scottish poet Robert Burns). May be named for Elgin, Scotland, or it could be named for Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin. Elkington Close Current After Dr. Elkington - dentist and owner of property prior to subdivision of 572 Island Road. Empress Street Historic Now Epworth Street. Epworth Street Current Originally named Empress Street. Possibly after village of Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. Esplanade Current Originally Oak Bay Esplanade. Estevan Avenue Current Originally Olympia Avenue, later changed to Connaught Avenue. Present name may be for an early Spanish explorer, though could have been suggested by news reports of the arrival of the lighthouse tender C.G.S. Estevan in Victoria at the time of the name change. Exeter Road Current Named for Exeter, England. Fair Street Current Name originated from the agricultural fair held annually at the Willows Exhibition Grounds. Falkland Road Current Originally named Boundary Road. Present name commemorates the Battle of the Falkland Islands during World War I. Fifth Street Historic Now Musgrave Street. First Street Historic Section of Beach Drive from Dallas and Foul Bay Roads along to the bend by the Victoria Golf Course. Florence Street Current Origin unknown. Foul Bay Road Current From the bay of the same name. (This was spelled "Fowl" on some early charts.) The name was given to the bay by early mariners because its exposed position and rocky seabed provided a poor anchorage. Fourth Street Historic Now Dunlevy Street and also Carrick Street. Frederick Road Current Named for former reeve (1954-58) Frederick E. Norris. Norris Frederick Place Current Named for former reeve (1954-58) Frederick E. Norris. Norris Front Street Historic Now Penzance Road and Maquinna Road. Fuller Street Historic After Alfred Dixon Fuller, early developer who purchased much of the John Tod estate in 1879. Now Dunlevy Street. Gibbs Road Current Named for former reeve (1950-53) and MLA, P.A. Gibbs. Glen Avenue Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Now closed.
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Street Name Type Status Description Goldsmith Street Current Originally Bourchier Street. Named for Irish/English poet Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). Gonzales Avenue Historic Two different roads. One near the Chinese Cemetery now called Quimper Street (changed in 1928). The other is a section of Granite Street. Goodwin Street Current Originally Nile Street. Gordon Street Historic Now Carnarvon Street. Granite Street Current A section was orginally called Gonzales Street. Greatford Place Current May have been named for an early settler or village in England. Guernsey Street Current Originally Katherine Street. Named for the island of Guernsey in the English Channel, birthplace of the father of John Le Gresley who built a home at 2184 Guernsey Street in 1912. Hall Road Current Named for Frederick James Hall, an early resident of the area. Hamiota Street Current Possibly Hamiota, Saskatchewan. Hampshire Road Current Originally Junction Road. Named by early farmer William Noble after his birthplace Hampshire, England. Hampshire Terrace Current Named for Hampshire, England - birthplace of early farmer William Noble. Harlow Drive Current Origin unknown. Haro Current Unpaved, off Cedar Hill Cross (X) Road on University land. Haro Historic Now Rosario Street. Hattie Street Historic Now Pentland Road. Haultain Street Current This is a continuation of a street that starts in the City of Victoria and passes through a portion of the District of Saanich. Origin of name is unknown. First named Third Street in Oak Bay. Hazel Street Current May have been named for an early medical doctor of same surname who was associated with the Royal Jubilee Hospital. Henderson Road Current Named for William Henderson, second reeve of Oak Bay, 1909-11. Heron Street Current Originally Third Street (see Haultain Street). Present name may be derived from the bird indigenous to the local waterfront.
Herrick Street Historic Named after James "Herrick" McGregor, surveyor. He lived at the corner of Newport Avenue and St. David Street. He was one of the men behind the Oak Harbour Plan (deep sea harbour and hotel) with Joseph Pemberton, circa 1891. Now Satellite Street. Hewlett Place Current Named for H.F. Hewlett, early Oak Bay reeve, 1923-24. Originally part of Mitchell Street. Highland Drive Historic Now Barkley Terrace (was to continue to Denison Road but not completed [Oak Bay Municipality map 1911]). Hood Lane Current Possibly for HMS Hood. Originally Rainier Lane. Hudson Avenue Now Sutherland Road. Humber Road Current Origin unknown. Family name, river in England. Inglewood Terrace Current Origin unknown. Place name. Island Road Current Possibly named as the road leading to Trial Island. Island View Lane Historic Original name of Radcliffe Lane. Junction Road Historic Now Hampshire Road, south of Oak Bay Avenue. Jutland Historic Now Sutherland Road. Katherine Street Historic Now Guernsey Street. Kelsey Place Current Named for Hudson's Bay Company explorer Henry Kelsey, the "Little Giant," 1667-1724. Kendal Avenue Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. English name meaning "valley of the Kent." King George Terrace Current Named for King George V. Part near Beach Drive originally called Sunrise Avenue. Kings Road Current A continuation of a Victoria road of the same name. Kinross Avenue Current Scottish place name. Lafayette Street Current Origin unknown. Lansdowne Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company after Governor General Marquess of Lansdowne (1883-1888). Larch Street Historic Now Plumer Street.
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Street Name Type Status Description Larkdowne Road Current HBC named street ending in "downe." Laurel Street Historic Now Victoria Avenue, south of McNeill Avenue. Lincoln Road Current Originally two sections: the northern end was called Seagull Avenue and the southern end was Second Street. Possibly for Lincoln, England (or Lincolnshire, England). Historic, unfinished portion through Uplands Park. Linkleas Avenue Current Part of Golf Links Park Subdivision on the Lea of the Links. Lion Historic Off Macquinna at the end of Lorne Terrace. Found in Fire Insurance book of Victoria, Volume Three. Long Branch Avenue Historic After Longbranch, a resort town in New York State. Now Currie Road. Lorne Terrace Current Honours the Marquess of Lorne, Canada's 4th Governor General. Lulie Street Current Originally Warwick, then St. Lulie Street. Conflict with St. Louis Street caused the "St." to be dropped, possibly after Lulie Gore. Lyn Crescent Current Subdivision off Central Avenue, c. 1950. Maquinna Road Current May have been named for Chief Maquinna whom Captain Cook met on his first exploratory voyage into Nootka Sound. Originally Front Street on Harling Point. Penzance Road was also part of Front Street. Margaret Street Historic Now a portion of Dalhousie Road, the middle portion. From Cadboro Bay Road to Musgrave Street. Margate Avenue Current Named for Margate, England. Marne Street Current Commemoration of the famous Battle of the Marne in WWI. Marrion Street Current For Robert Marrion, a settler prior to 1906. Mayhew Street Current After the Honourable Robert Mayhew, 1880-1971. Reeve of Oak Bay 1935-37, MP for Victoria, 1937-52; Federal Fisheries Minister, 1948-52; and First Ambassador to Japan, 1952-54. McGregor Heights Historic Closed. From Granite Street to Brighton Avenue. Named after subdivision developer James Herrick McGregor. McLaren Avenue Current Named for dairy farmer Duncan McLaren. McNeill Avenue Current Named for Captain William Henry McNeill of the Hudson's Bay Company and early landowner at Shoal (now McNeill) Bay. Meadow Place Current Descriptive of surrounding farming area, off Foul Bay Road. Meadow Road Historic Uplands boundary from South Circle (Midland Road) to Shore Road (Beach Drive). Now part of Dorset Road. Changed in 1928. Mid-Downe Road Current Another Hudson Bay's Company name ending in "downe". Mid-line of the subdivision. Midland Circle Current Turn around for BC Electric Tram in the Uplands. Historic plans show a north and south circle, connected by Midland Way. Midland Road Current Originally Midland Way, traversed by BC Electric Company Uplands streetcar tracks, and Midland Circle where streetcars turned for return trip to the City of Victoria. Midland Way Historic Connection between North and South Midland Circles. Now Midland Road. Milton Street Current For John Milton, the English poet (1608-74). Mitchell Street Current Named for an early resident (c. 1908). Formerly Cowan [?? Cowan is now Brighton]. Also included in Hewlett Place. Monteith Street Current Possibly for W.B. Monteith, an early resident. Monterey Avenue Current Originally called St. George Street north of McNeill Avenue. Changed to the present name in 1921. Monterey Crescent Historic Was to be a street running from the bend in Monterey Avenue (at Bowker Creek where it turns into St. Ann Street) over to the end of Lulie St onto Monteith St. It was never opened as that is now Fireman's Park. The Firehall was opened in 1939. Mount Baker Avenue Historic Section of Beach Drive from Victoria Golf Course (or Windsor Road?) to just beyond Bowker Creek, where it ended. By 1908 the section apears as Beach Drive Mountjoy Avenue Current Named after Mountjoy, the estate of Frederick Despard Pemberton. Mowat Street Current After an early resident. Murdoch Crescent Current After former reeve George Murdoch.
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Street Name Type Status Description Musgrave Street Current Originally Fifth Street. Named after John Musgrave principal of the early real estate firm of Swinerton & Musgrave, and Commodore of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Myrtle Street Historic Now Victoria Avenue, north of McNeill Avenue. Neil Street Current Originally Thompson Avenue west of Cadboro Bay Road. Changed to West Thompson Avenue in 1939. When the former Willows Fairgrounds was subdivided, a new road was created in alignment with Neil Street in Saanich and with West Thompson Avenue. Renamed Neil Street. Newport Avenue Current After resort area Newport Beach, Long Island. Part of a group of streets named after resort destinations. Newton Street Current This new road created in the subdivision of the former fairgrounds also aligned with a Saanich street named Newton. Probably named for an early resident. A portion of this road previously existed between Foul Bay Road and the fairgrounds and was known as Charlton Street, prior to 1928. Nile Street Historic Now Goodwin Street. Norfolk Road Current Original name. This was changed to Norwich in 1928 and later changed back to the original name, after Norfolk, England. Norfolk Avenue Historic Historic road on Exhibition Grounds. Access road from Cadboro Bay Road to stables. North Road Historic Hamsphire Road north of Oak Bay Avenue. Hampshire Norwich Historic Historic Uplands street. Changed from Norfolk Road in 1928 and later reversed. Nottingham Road Current Named for Nottingham, England. Formerly Somerset Road/Street/Avenue? Oak Bay Avenue Current Original name. Changed in 1913 to Pandora Avenue until a later council reversed the decision. Oak Bay Road Historic Now Bowker Avenue. Oak Bay Historic Now Esplanade. Esplanade Oakdowne Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Another of the 'downe' roads. Oakland(s) Road Historic Now Byng/Plumer. Ochil Historic Monterey Avenue near Central Avenue. Oliver Street Current Originally St. Andrew Street. Changed in 1921 and named for W.E. Oliver, first reeve of Oak Bay in 1906. Olympia Avenue Historic Now Estevan Avenue. Orchard Avenue Current Origin unknown. Pacific Avenue Current Suggested by proximity to ocean. Pandora Avenue Historic Oak Bay Avenue name change in 1913. Reversed back to Oak Bay Avenue at a later date. Possibly 1921? Patio Court Current California inspired five house cul-de-sac, north side of San Carlos. Patricia Avenue Historic Now Barkley Terrace. Pattullo Place Current Named for Thomas Dufferin (Duff) Pattullo (1873-1956), 22nd Premier of British Columbia and long time resident of Oak Bay. Pelly Place Current Named for Hudson's Bay Company Governor J.H. Pelly. He was Governor of HBC from 1822-52. Pentland Road Current Originally Hattie Street. Scottish place name. Penzance Road Current Possibly for Penzance, England. Originally Front Street on Harling Point. Maquinna Road was also part of Front Street. Pleasant Avenue Historic Now Roslyn Road. Plumer Street Current Formerly Church Road, Larch Street, and Oakland(s) Road. Named for Field Marshall Viscount Plumer (WWI). [Church Road and Oakland(s) Road are catorgorized with Byng Street #1027.] Plymouth Road Current Named for Plymouth, England. Prince Andrew Place Current Named for the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Prince Edward Drive Current Named for the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
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Street Name Type Status Description Prospect Place Current Originally Prospect Street. Changed in 1921. "One other special feature is the actual layout of Prospect Place, which is undoubtedly the one piece of urban design by F.M. Rattenbury within Oak Bay's boundaries. Designed virtually as a private drive, Oak Bay Avenue was continued (as Prospect Place) through a street of houses by name architects to the gates of Rattenbury's own home." Prospect Street Historic Now Prospect Place. Quimper Street Current Named for Sub-Lieutenant Manuel Quimper of the Spanish Navy who explored local waters in 1790. Was Gonzales Avenue - near the Chinese Cemetary, at Harling Point. Name changed in 1928. Radcliffe Lane Current Originally Island View Lane and later changed to Bold Point Lane. Origin unknown. Ranier Lane Historic Possible views of Mount Rainier. Now Hood Lane. Rattenbury Place Current Named for F.M. Rattenbury, architect for the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, early Oak Bay alderman and reeve in 1913. Redwood Avenue Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company - reference to sequoia trees of Cedar Hill area. Renfrew Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Possibly Renfrew, Scotland or family name. Ripon Road Current Originally York Road. Changed in 1928. Possibly for Captain Ripon of the CPR Coast Steamship service, a prominent figure in the early years or the place Ripon, England. Robert Street Historic To the west of the Exhibition Grounds into Saanich. To the east of the Grounds, the road was called Wakefield. Now both are called Allenby Street. Rock Road Historic Esplanade near Cattle Point. 1911 Rosario Street Current Earlier called Walter, Haro. Derived from Rosario Strait. Roslyn Road Current Originally Pleasant Avenue. Runnymede Avenue Current Named for Runnymede, England. Historic/anecdotal - Salubrious Avenue. Runnymede Place Current Named for Runnymede, England. Rutland Road Current Originally Suffolk Road. Possibly named for County of Rutland, England. San Carlos Avenue Current Possibly after California resort town. Incorporates Patio Court. Sandowne Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Another of the 'downe' roads. Saratoga Avenue Historic After resort town Saratoga, N.Y. Now Windsor Road. Satellite Street Current Derived from name of Satellite Channel. Original driveway to a summer camp (home). Historic names were Belmont Street and Herrick Street. Scott Avenue Historic Named for early developer. Now Dufferin Avenue. Seagull Avenue Historic The northern end of Lincoln Road. Southern end was called Second Street. Seaview Avenue Historic Now a portion of Dalhousie Road. From Musgrave Street to the sea at The Esplanade. Second Street Historic Southern end of Lincoln Road. Northern end was called Seagull Avenue. Shady Lane Current Just what it is! Next to Bowker Creek off of Beach Drive. Sherringham Place Current Possibly Sherringham, England. Shore Road Historic Section of Beach Drive from Bowker Creek to the Uplands. Shore Drive Historic Section of Beach Drive from Bowker Creek to the Uplands. Shoreway Historic Section of Beach Drive from Bowker Creek to the Uplands. Smythe Street Current Origin unknown. Somass Drive Current Origin unknown. Somerset Road Historic Now Nottingham Road. Southdowne Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Another of the 'downe' roads. Uplands. St. Andrew Street Historic Changed to Oliver Street in 1921. Named for W.E. Oliver, first reeve of Oak Bay in 1906. St. Ann Street Current After Saint Ann and possibly Sisters of St. Ann. St. David Street Current Welsh Saint. St. Denis Street Current French Saint. Original survey crossed Windsor Park. St. George Street Historic North part of Monterey Avenue from McNeill Avenue to Oak Bay Avenue. St. Henry Street Historic Original survey crossed Windsor Park west of St. Denis Street. [Never completed?] St. James Street Historic Transit Road north of McNeill Avenue to Newport Avenue. St. Louis Street Current After Louis IX, only canonized King of France. St. Lulie Street Historic Now Lulie Street. Site of early Oak Bay landfill.
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Street Name Type Status Description St. Patrick Street Current Irish Saint. Stonehewer Place Current Part of the Kildonan estate (931 Foul Bay Road) of John Sutherland. Named after a former Sutherland residence, Stonehewer House. Suffolk Road Historic Now Rutland Road. Sunny Lane Current Origin unknown. Sunrise Avenue Historic Eastern part of King George Terrace from Sunny Lane to Beach Drive. Sunset Avenue Current Surrey Road Current Named for Surrey, England. Sutherland Road Current Original name Jutland. Named for John Sutherland, early resident and a member of early Oak Bay council. Swanson Place Current Named after John Swanson (1827-72), HBC master of Beaver, Cowlitz and Enterprise shipping vessels. Sylvan Lane Current Descriptive. Tarn Place Current Origin unknown. Theatre Lane Current Named for the Oak Bay Theatre which closed in 1985. Third Street Historic Now Heron Street and Haultain Street as there were two Third Streets in Oak Bay at one time. Thistle Street Historic Now a portion of Dalhousie Road, from Eastdowne Road (historic Willows Road) to Cadboro Bay Road. Thompson Avenue Current Possibly named for explorer David Thompson. Thorpe Place Current Origin unknown. Tinto Street Current Possibly Tinto, Scotland. Tod Road Historic Now Cranmore Road. Tod Road Current Originally the driveway from Cadboro Bay Road to the home of John Tod, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. The home (Oak Bay House) still exists on Heron Street. Also Tod Lane. Topp Avenue Current Named after local developer or for C.H. Topp, a former city engineer of Victoria. Townley Street Current Name given to a Saanich street of which the one in Oak Bay is a continuation. Possibly named for an early resident Newton Townley Burdick, active in real estate and reeve of Oak Bay in 1918. Transit Road Current After surveyor's instrument or describing transit road to McNeill Bay land fill? North of McNeill Avenue to Newport Avenue called St. James Street. University Woods Current Originally part of Hudson's Bay Woods. Proximity to the University of Victoria? Uplands Road Current After HBC Uplands Farm and subdivision. Uplands Place Current Upper Terrace Road Current For location. Valdez Place Current Named for Captain Valdez, an early Spanish explorer. Victoria Avenue Current Named for Queen Victoria. Originally in two sections: Laurel Street from Beach Drive to McNeill Avenue and Myrtle Street north of McNeill Avenue. Wakefield Road Historic Off Exhibition Grounds to the east. Now Allenby Street. To the west of the Grounds this road was called Robert Street. Walter Street Historic Was also Haro. Now Rosario Street. Warwick Historic Suggested for Lulie Street. Weald Road Current Area of Kent, England. Wessex Close Current From Wessex, England. Wessex Crescent Current From Wessex, England. West Avenue Historic Now Neil Street. Continuation of Thompson Avenue running from Cadboro Bay Road to Thompson Foul Bay Road and continuing into Saanich. Westdowne Road Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Westerly road of the subdivision. Another one of the "downe" roads. Willow Crescent Historic From Willow Road (now Eastdowne Road) to Bowker Avenue. Now Cadboro Bay Road. Willows Road Historic From Cadboro Bay Road to the Fairgrounds at Haultain Street. Changed to Willows Road in 1928. Now Eastdowne Road.
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Street Name Type Status Description Willows Road Historic Was Willow Road. Now is Eastdowne Road. Wilmot Place Current Originally driveway to Wilmot House, home of Joseph Despard Pemberton Jr. Windsor Road Current Originally named Saratoga Avenue after resort town Saratoga, New York. Renamed 1921- 22 for the Royal House of Windsor. Woodburn Avenue Current Named by Hudson's Bay Company. Scottish and north English name. Woodhouse Road Current Named for former reeve, W.L. Woodhouse, 1941-45. Woodlawn Crescent Current An early subdivision off Monterey Crescent/Avenue. Wootton Crescent Current Named for former reeve, R.A.B. Wootton, 1948-49. Yale Street Current After James Murray Yale, 1798-1871, Chief Trader for the HBC at Fort Langley. York Road Historic Uplands. Now Ripon Road. York Place Current Named for York, England. Original Oak Bay Avenue address. Zela Street Current Ancient city, site of Battle of Zela, 67 BC.
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