Esquimalt

Esquimalt (48˚27'00" 123˚25'00" Just W of Victoria, SE end of Vancouver I), Esquimalt Harbour (48˚26'00" 123˚26'00" W of Esquimalt), Esquimalt Lagoon (48˚26'00" 123˚28'00" W of Royal Roads, E of Colwood). Esquimalt is an adaptation of the Coast Salish name for the tidal flats at the head of the harbour and can be translated as “a place of gradually shoaling water.” Esquimalt First Nation members long had a village site near Ashe Head on the E side of the harbour. In 1790, Spanish...

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