McKenzie Bight
| Feature Type: | Bight - Water area in a broad indentation of the shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Camp Bight |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Saanich Inlet, NW of Victoria, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°33'12"N, 123°30'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Camp Bight was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on Admiralty Chart 2840, 1860. Changed to McKenzie Bight 6 November 1934 as recommended by H. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service (Ottawa file OBF 1449); confirmed 16 January 1950 on 92B/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named for Alexander Murray McKenzie ( - 1935) a resident of East Saanich, described as a trail builder and explorer. (biographical sketch, compiled in 1996 by Peter Arends, on file V.1.38) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |