James Bay

James Bay (48˚25'22" 123˚22'20" E side of Inner Hbr, Victoria), James Island (48˚36'00" 123˚21'00" Between Sidney I and Saanich Peninsula, Gulf Is), James Spit (48˚35'00" 123˚20'00" Just S of James I). After BC’s famed colonial gov Sir James Douglas. See Douglas Channel for more details. James Bay was named in 1846 by Capt Henry Kellett of HMS Herald, who surveyed Victoria Hbr that year. Gov Douglas later built his residence on the S shore. In 1903–4 much of the bay was filled in. A...

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