Highlands, British Columbia

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Highlands, British Columbia, Canada

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Image:Highlands, British Columbia Location.png Highlands, British Columbia, Canada.
Census division
Regional District	Capital Regional District
Area:	37.87 km²
Founded
Incorporated	1993
Population Municipal District Population	1,674 (2001)
Population density	44.2/km²
Time zone	Pacific: UTC -8
Postal code span
Latitude Longitude	48°30′39″N, 123°30′00″W
Elevation	m MSL
Highways	Highway 1
Waterways	Strait of Juan de Fuca
Mayor
Governing body
1(sc) According to the Canada 2001 Census. 2(gr) Geographic references.

The District of Highlands (locally known as "The Highlands") is a municipal district on the Saanich Peninsula, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As one of the Western Communities or West Shore municipalities outside Victoria, Highlands has a population of 1,674. The region stretches along the Strait of Juan de Fuca shoreline from Esquimalt Harbour to Rocky Point. One of the more remote and undeveloped areas of the Capital Regional District, it is one of its newest municipalities, having for many years been an unorganized area under provincial jurisdiction.

Although the area is seen as a target for residential expansion of the Greater Victoria region, it remains best known for lakes, hills, and wilderness. It is home to many parks, notably large portions of Gowlland Tod Provincial Park and Mount Work Regional Park. These parks protect Douglas fir habitat, old-growth forest, wildflowers, arbutus and manzanita.

[edit] Neighbourhoods

• Durrance Lake
• Thetis Lake
• Willis Point

[edit] External links

• Municipal Office website
• Highlands profile
• West Shore Profile

v • d • e Neighbourhoods in Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria	Chinatown • Cook Street Village • East Burnside-Gorge • Fairfield • Fernwood • Harris Green • Hillside • Humboldt Valley • James Bay • Jubilee • North Park • 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 • Strawberry Vale • Swan Lake • Ten Mile Point • Town and Country-Burnside • West Saanich
Other areas	Belmont Park • Brentwood Bay • Broom Hill • Cloak Hill • Colwood Corners • Craigflower • Dean Park • Deep Cove • Durrance Lake • East Sooke • Florence Lake • Glen Lake • Goldstream • Gonzales • Gorge Vale • Happy Valley • Hatley Park • Island View • Kemp Lake • Lands End • Luxton • Matheson Lake • Mill Hill • Millstream • Otter Point • Pat Bay • Ravenwood • Rockheights • Rocky Point • Saanichton • Saseenos • Songhees • Swartz Bay • Thetis Lake • Uplands • Whiffen Spit • William Head • Willis Point • Willows Beach • Windsor Park • Work Point