Tsehum Harbour

Tsehum Harbour (48˚40'00" 123˚24'00" NE side of Saanich Peninsula, N of Victoria). According to ethnologist William Newcombe, Tseycum First Nation members, who lived on the harbour before moving to their current reserve on Patricia Bay, took their name from a type of clay that was found in the area and used to remove lanolin from mountain goat wool. The feature is also known locally as Shoal Hbr or Shoal Bay, but that name was officially changed in 1939 by the hydrographic service at the...

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