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Appendix

Appendix: Street Naming Attachments - Maps and Historical Names

April 14, 2015Pages 158–1632 sections

Location maps and historical pioneer name list supporting the Atkins Road street naming decision.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Repeats historical name list provided in earlier agenda item

Report to Committee of the Whole

Re: Street Renaming – Chilco Road At Atkins Road
Meeting Date: April 14, 2015

SUBMITTED BY: J. Chow, MCIP, RPP, Senior Planner

REVIEWED BY: L. Chase, MCIP, RPP, Director of Development Services

ATTACHMENTS:

  1. Location Map
  2. Street View
  3. Suggestions for Streetnames: Pioneers and Placenames in View Royal

Attachment 1. Location Map

Location Map showing properties and roads, with a section of Chilco Road to be renamed highlighted in pink near Atkins Road and the E & N Railway line.
Location Map showing properties and roads, with a section of Chilco Road to be renamed highlighted in pink near Atkins Road and the E & N Railway line.
Identical copy of the Attachment 1 Location Map.
Identical copy of the Attachment 1 Location Map.

Attachment 2. Google Street View at Atkins Road

Google Street View photograph of the intersection and street area at Atkins Road.
Google Street View photograph of the intersection and street area at Atkins Road.

Attachment 3 - Schedule "B"

Suggestions for Street Names: Pioneers and Placenames in View Royal

NOTE: For more information, see page references in the "Craigflower Country" book edited by Maureen Duffus.

  • Alcock (Captain) - Resident painter (p.117).
  • Alexander - Built and operated Chantecler roadhouse (pp.60,63,68,84,92,94).
  • Atkinson - Developed subdivision on his lands above Glenairlie Drive (p.94).
  • Aylwin (Jack) - Mink rancher on Atkins Road (p.103).
  • Bailey (Joe) - Lightweight boxing champion (p.92).
  • Barrett (Bill and Frances) - Operated store at top of Four Mile Hill (p.92).
  • Bartleman (Peter) - Blacksmith at Craigflower Farm (p.29).
  • Baynes (Admiral Sir Robert) - Initiated construction of powder magazine on Cole Island (p.37).
  • Beasley (E. Al ‘Buzz’) - Softball organizer and first fire chief of View Royal Volunteer Fire Department (pp.77,118).
  • Bennett (Fred) - Horticulturist on acreage on Quincy Street (p.70).
  • Beveridge (Minnie) - Milliner (p.101).
  • Brown (Percival Rideout) - Donated the land for Strawberry Vale Community Hall (p.116).
  • Calvert (Peter) - Former Craigflower Farm employee; started Four Mile Inn (pp.9,10,22,44,47,94,126).
  • Campbell - Owner of commercial building at northwest corner of Helmcken Road and Island Highway (p.76).
  • Cary (George Hunter) - Attorney General; landowner in Coopers Estate (pp.22,34).
  • Chantecler - Roadhouse at location of Fort Victoria Recreational Vehicle Park (pp.60,63,84,92,94).
  • Christie (John) - Owner of Craigflower Farm from 1936 to 1956 (purchased from Hudson’s Bay Company), operated auto-court on Admirals Road (pp.4,124,125).
  • Colclough (Mr. and Mrs. Dudley) - Residents of Lavender Cottage (p.86).
  • Collingwood - Collingwood Estates subdivision in Four Mile Hill area (pp.22,94).
  • Connell (Reverend Robert) - Natural historian and artist (p.67).
  • Cooperville - First proposed subdivision bordering Craigflower Farm (p.22).
  • Couche (Roger) - Bought pig farm and built restaurant Chez Marcel (p.103).
  • Cox (Frank) - Logged opposite Louie’s Store, logged up to railway (p.91).
  • Crate - Hudson’s Bay Company millwright (p.11).
  • Davidson (Alex) - Manager of Four Mile House (p.46).
  • Donaldson (John) - Operated oyster bed near Parson’s Bridge (p.74).
  • Duval (Mr. and Mrs. William) - Farmer at top of Four Mile Hill (p.89).
  • Elliot (Miss) - Donated property for St. Columba Church at corner of High Street and Burnside Road (p.112).
  • Esposito (Mr.) - Tannery owner on Atkins Road (p.104).
  • Fagan (Matt) - Railway engineer and orcharder on Atkins Road (p.104).
  • Fellowes - Early tenants of Cooper’s cottage; Mrs. Fellowes was the daughter of Sir Rowland Hill, British postal reformer and inventor of the penny postage stamp (p.23).
  • Fenn (Bernard) - Lawyer at Fenton Road (p.94).
  • Fisher (I.J.J. and family) - Operator of orchards and store by Palmer Station and later orchard by Wilfert Road (pp.103,110).
  • Flower (Mr.) - Helped with creation of Helmcken Centennial Park (p.77).
Text list of street name suggestions from Alcock to Flower.
Text list of street name suggestions from Alcock to Flower.
  • Fulton - Store owner by Craigflower Road and Admirals Road (p.92).
  • Gaunt (Mr. and Mrs. A.) - Architect of St. Columba Church; in 1926, Mrs. A. Gaunt donated the land adjacent to the church property for the parish hall (p.112).
  • Goldring (John) - Later owner of Dr. Holden’s Bessborough house (pp.76,94,114).
  • Gorman - Operated drugstore opposite Texaco station (p.76).
  • Goucher (Ernest) - Operator of sausage factory between Six Mile House and the C.N.R. tracks (p.102).
  • Gouge (Bertrand and Mary) - Farmer by Fenton Road and early proprietors of Four Mile House (pp.44, 45,94).
  • Granderson (Bob) - Farmer next to tannery on Atkins Road (p.104). One in Colwood/Langford
  • Greig (John) - Had a lime-burning operation near Thetis Lake (p.122).
  • Hadlow (Reverend H.B.) - First reverend of parish of St. Columba Church (p.113).
  • Hamilton - Hamilton Powder Works by Parson’s Bridge (p.99).
  • Hanbury (D.W.) - Fox farmer by Craigflower Creek (p.82).
  • Hanson (A.) - Fox farmer between Jedburgh Road and Helmcken Road (p.76).
  • Harle (Oswald) - Farmer on Atkins Road west of Chilco Road; bought from the Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1920’s (p.103).
  • Heron (family) - Resident by Limekiln Cove (p.92).
  • Hetherington (Harry and Henrietta) - Residents of Cole Island; managed ammunition sheds (p.66).
  • Holden (Dr. Donald) - Early settler at Bessborough Avenue (p.58).
  • Holden (E.C.) - Operator of guest house in Craigflower Farmhouse (p.123,125).
  • Holms (Captain) - Captain (p.85).
  • King - Grocer opposite Texaco station at top of Four Mile Hill (p.76).
  • Kosampson - Original Songhees owners of View Royal (bought by Hudson’s Bay Company) (p.3).
  • Laughren (Ben) - Long distance swimmer and owner of drive-in restaurant in front of Craigflower Farmhouse (p.111).
  • Lockie - Constable; started a Boys’ Club (p.77).
  • Louie (Hoy and Poy Lee) - Grocery store operators (p.97).
  • Lund (Captain) - Farmer at end of Chilco Road (p.93).
  • Mabb (Jimmy) - John T. Smith’s daughter, owner of house built with bricks from powder magazine by Parson’s Bridge (p.99).
  • MacLennan - Dairy farmer near Pheasant Lane (p.77).
  • Maple Point - Former name of Craigflower Farm (pp.8,10).
  • Massey - Caretaker at Thetis Lake (p.93).
  • McKay (William Gordon) - Owner of Craigflower Farm (p.125).
  • McTavish (Duncan) - Farmer north of Island Highway and Heddle Avenue (p. 60,115). Cen.Saanich
  • McTavish (John A.) - Property owner in View Royal Avenue area (p.60).
  • Melrose (Robert) - Author and resident in one of Craigflower cottages (pp.26,29,33).
  • Minifie (Frances) - Farmer, mother of James Minifie, broadcaster and war correspondent (p.84).
  • Morrison (Ethel) - Nurse at Ford Rodd Hill and Work Point barracks (p.85).
  • Mould (Tommy) - Operated farm on site of Centennial Park (p.72).
  • Newton (H.E.) - Leased Christie Point and Craigflower Farmhouse as a camp for young ladies in late 1920’s and early 1930’s (p.124).
  • Niven - Builder of road from Gorge to sawmill at Millstream (p.12).
  • Parker (John) - Operated dairy farm and slaughterhouse at Craigflower Farm (pp.62,64,124). Saanich
  • Picock (family) - Operated dairy farm at Craigflower Farm from 1901 until 1919 (p.124).
  • Pilgrim (Myrtle) - Founding member of Craigflower Womens’ Institute (p.119).
  • Pimlott (Miss) - Store owner at top of Four Mile Hill (p.92).
  • Pitt (Marion) - Pianist at Empress Hotel and Crystal Garden; had acreage between Six Mile House and C.N.R. tracks and Chilco Road (p.102).
  • Pooley (R.W. and family) - California family who lived in Dr. Holden’s large house on Bessborough Road (p.83).
  • Pope (Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arthur) - Organized first library service in View Royal (pp.118,119).
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Continued text list of street name suggestions from Fulton to Pope.
Continued text list of street name suggestions from Fulton to Pope.
  • Rant (Gordon) - General contractor (pp.68,69,94).
  • Rant (Norman) - Nursery operator of Rockholme Gardens (pp.64,69,80,94).
  • Reeve (Richard) - Long-term advisory committee member who contributed to the creation of bicycle lanes on Helmcken Road and throughout View Royal.
  • Reynolds (Marjorie) - First president of the Ladie’s Guild (p.114).
  • Robinson (Doris) - Concert pianist (p.88).
  • Ross (Chief Percy) - Native Indian chief (p.77).
  • Ross (Don) - Farmer at Burnett Road and Pheasant Lane (pp.77,95).
  • Ross (Jack) - Helped with creation of Helmcken Centennial Park (p.77).
  • Rowe (Thomas) - Paymaster of the survey ship H.M.S. Fisgard (p.4).
  • Russell (Thomas) - Kenneth McKenzie’s brother-in-law, schoolmaster of Craigflower School (p.29).
  • Salmond (Mr.) - Original owner of oyster beds near Parson’s Bridge (p.103).
  • Seaview - Seaview Farm of the Stewart family (pp.18,64,76,78,80).
  • Simpson (Will) - Blacksmith by Parson’s Bridge, operator of brass foundry and mink farm behind foundry (originally Hamilton Powder Works, later C.I.L) (p.99).
  • Smith (John T.) - Owner of powder magazine by Parson’s Bridge and acreage on Mill Hill (p.99).
  • Strellendorf (Baron) - Gambler that built architect-designed chicken house, later turned into a motel (p.99).
  • Swenger - Operator of 300 acre dairy farm on site of Victoria General Hospital (p.72).
  • Terry (family) - Owners of vegetable farm on View Royal Avenue and owned Terry’s Drug Store (p.57).
  • Thomas (Bert) - Operated store at top of Four Mile Hill (p.92).
  • Tuzo (Dr. Henry Atkinson and Lettie) – Residents at Parson’s Bridge (p.28).
  • Waring (Mr. and Mrs. Harry) - Converted ship into cabin (p.94).
  • Watson (Dr. John) - Music teacher, builder of Lavender Cottage (p.85).
  • White (Frank) - Resident opposite Louie’s Store, logged up to railway (p.76).
  • Whyomilth - Original Songhees owners of View Royal (bought by Hudson’s Bay Company) (pp.3,4,5,8,126).
  • Wilmshurst (Jim) - Baker (pp.68,92).
  • Wood (Mrs. J.F.O.) - Dog breeder and kennel operator (p.90).
Final part of the text list of street name suggestions from Rant to Wood.
Final part of the text list of street name suggestions from Rant to Wood.
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Extracted from: 2015 04 14 Committee of the Whole Agenda