Swartz Bay, British Columbia

Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal

Swartz Bay, located on the north end of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island, is primarily known for being the location of one of BC Ferries' main terminals, the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal. Swartz Bay was named after John Aaron Swart, purchaser in 1876 - i.e. it was meant to be Swart's Bay, but was incorrectly spelled when it was adopted by the Government.

References

↑ "District of Saanich". http://www.saanich.ca/discover/artsheritagearc/saanicharchives/documents/Saanich_Placenames_SZ.pdf. External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

External links

"Swartz Bay". BC Geographical Names.

Coordinates: 48°41′14.22″N 123°24′35.92″W / 48.6872833°N 123.4099778°W / 48.6872833; -123.4099778

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Detached communities within district municipalities	Agassiz Albion Aldergrove Ardmore Brackendale Brentwood Bay Carr's Landing Chemainus Cloverdale Crofton Deep Cove Dollarton Fort Langley Hatzic Horseshoe Bay Ladner Lakeview Heights North Delta Okanagan Centre Oyama Ruskin Saanichton Silverdale Stave Falls Swartz Bay Tsawwassen Walnut Grove Westbank Whonnock Winfield Yarrow

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Neighbourhoods in Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria	Chinatown Cook Street Village Downtown East Burnside–Gorge Fairfield Fernwood Harris Green Hillside Humboldt Valley James Bay Jubilee North Park Rock Bay Rockland Victoria West

Saanich	Beaver Lake – Elk Lake Broadmead–Sunnymead Cadboro Bay Cedar Hill Cloverdale Cordova Bay Glanford Gordon Head Gorge–Tillicum, Interurban Lake Hill Maplewood Marigold Mount Douglas Mount Tolmie – Lansdowne Prospect Lake Royal Oak Saanichton Strawberry Vale Swan Lake Ten Mile Point Town and Country – Burnside West Saanich

West Shore	Bear Mountain Belmont Park Colwood Glen Lake Goldstream Happy Valley Hatley Park Langford Luxton Mill Hill Millstream Thetis Lake

Other areas	Brentwood Bay Broom Hill Cloak Hill Craigflower Dean Park Deep Cove Durrance Lake East Sooke Florence Lake Gonzales Gorge Vale Island View Kemp Lake Lands End Matheson Lake Otter Point Pat Bay Ravenwood Rockheights Rocky Point Saseenos Songhees Sooke Swartz Bay Uplands Whiffen Spit William Head Willis Point Willows Beach Windsor Park Work Point

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