Shirley
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of Sheringham Point, W of Sooke, Renfrew Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°22'59"N, 123°54'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Shirley (Post Office) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Shirely (locality) 29 November 1984 on National Defence sheet 415c, Sooke Bay (Ottawa file 203-2) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Shirley Post Office was opened 1 May 1894, the name suggested by Mrs. G. Clark after a town near Southampton, England; closed 5 July 1906 then re-opened shortly thereafter (date not cited); closed 31 September 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |