| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW side of Saanich Peninsula, NW of Victoria, South Saanich Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°34'59"N, 123°27'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Brentwood Bay (Post Office) adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defense sheet 415d, Saanich (file S.2.33). Confirmed 5 May 1949 on Chart 3451. Form of name changed to Brentwood (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92G/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Sluggett Post Office opened here 1 August 1892, named after first postmaster J.Sluggett; the district around here was called Sluggetts. When the railway was complete (date not cited) the station was named Brentwood, after the English estate, and (ancestral ?) home of Mr. Horne-Payne, chairman of the board of directors, BC Electric Railway. The district around here became more frequently called Brentwood. Brentwood (station) labelled on BC map 2A, 1913. Sluggett Post Office was renamed Brentwood Bay Post Office 16 March 1925. Department of Highways ferry landing, Brentwood, was subsequently located here. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Supposed to have been called Moodyville by Vancouver Island Coach Lines." Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |