Metchosin

Metchosin (48˚23'00" 123˚32'00" SW of Victoria, between Parry Bay and Royal Roads). A number of possible meanings have been offered for this Salishan First Nation word, including “smelling of fish oil” or “place of fish oil”—derivations that may be related to the beaching of a dead whale in the area. HBC chief factor James Douglas mentioned the name after visiting the area in 1842. Once agricultural and still semi-rural, Metchosin is now a residential suburb of Victoria and a...

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