Adopted 1 May 1934 on National Defence sheet 415a, Victoria, as labelled on Pemberton's map South-Eastern Districts of Vancouver Island, 1855, and on British Admiralty Chart 576, 1865 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer.

Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

"... Roderick Finlayson, a native of Ross-shire, arrived in Canada in 1837 and entered the service of the H.B.C. He was second in command to Chief Trader Charles Ross when the latter founded Fort Victoria in 1843. Upon Ross's death in 1844, Finlayson took over command of the fort, and it is he who must be considered the real father of Victoria. Finlayson took a leading part in the political life of the infant colony of Vancouver Island. He became a Chief Factor in 1859 and retired in 1872." [see also Finlayson Channel]

Source: Walbran, John T; "British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History"; published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)