Quicks Bottom
| Feature Type: | Flats (3) - A large area of flat, wet ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of junction of Viaduct Creek and Colquitz River, just W of Royal Oak (community), NW of Victoria, Lake Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°29'49"N, 123°24'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Quicks Bottom adopted 3 November 1980 on 92B/6; a well-established local name, referring to an 8+ hectare marshy area along the Colquitz River valley. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This freshwater marsh was once part of the dairy farm owned by brothers William John and Frederick George Quick; they had arrived from New Zealand in 1889, and eventually had the largest herd of pure-bred Jersey dairy cows on Vancouver Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |