| 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: | SW side of Saanich Inlet, opposite Brentwood Bay, Malahat Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°35'27"N, 123°31'35"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bamberton (Settlement) adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415g, Malahat, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1920, and listed in 1930 BC Gazetteer; form of name changed to Bamberton (Locality) 29 November 1984 on 92 B/13. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bamberton Post Office opened 1 June 1914, situated on Lot 73; closed 30 July 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after H.K.G. Bamber, cement manufacturer at Gravesend, England, and original owner of DL 127 Malahat Dist; he became the managing director of British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd, located here. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |