Esquimalt
| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On E&N Railway within Esquimalt (municipality), W of Victoria, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°26'59"N, 123°26'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Previously adopted May 1,1934 on O.B.F. 1449, Victoria A.1. Co-ordinates 48 26 56- 123 25 48. For origin, see Esquimalt. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"Esquimalt Siding (station)" was the name of CNR facility with 3-car capacity, located 7.2 miles from Victoria and identified in timetables until c1960. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |