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Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered to the west by the city of Victoria and to the north by the district of Saanich.
Kostal Cone, British Columbia, Canada: (newest cinder cone) 1636 (dated 1636 wooden frame of copy): a copy of the original: The Sun Dog Painting by Urban målare (Malare the Painter); the sun dogs in the paintings are from the oldest views of the city of Stockholm, Sweden; the Sun Dog atmospheric events of 20 April 1535; 1643: Budesti Josani church
South Oak Bay remains primarily residential, with a large area of the neighbourhood forming part of the Victoria Golf Club. Residential development followed the arrival of the streetcar, including the B.C. Electric line in 1890. Windsor Park was established in 1890 as the Oak Bay Recreation Park. [2] The Victoria Golf Club, was founded in 1893.
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of British Columbia.As of January 2020, there were 100 National Historic Sites designated in British Columbia, 13 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ).
The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...
Oak Ridges, ON: 1927 Creation of the Dominion Parks Branch: 1911 Banff National Park, AB 2011 Whaling Industry in Eastern Arctic: 1820–1910 Kekerten Island, NU 1983 Nanaimo: 1852 Nanaimo, BC 1924 Battle of Signal Hill: 1762 St. John's, NL 1959 Japanese Canadian Soldiers of the First World War and the Fight to Win the Vote: 1916–1918 ...
The Delgamuukw v British Columbia decision is rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada, determining that aboriginal title had not been distinguished in British Columbia. This ended the decades-long refusal of the BC government to participate in land claims to settle with First Nations, claiming that aboriginal title had been extinguished. [134] 1999
Sunrise Uplands Park. Uplands Park is located within the municipality of Oak Bay, in the Uplands neighborhood, adjacent to the city of Victoria, British Columbia.Uplands Park consists of 76 acres (310,000 m 2) of woodland trails and undeveloped natural reserve land, and includes Cattle Point with two well used boat ramps for trailerable boats, as well as the Oak Bay Cenotaph which honours the ...