View Royal

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Town of View Royal
Town
Location of View Royal in British Columbia
Coordinates: 48°27′6″N 123°26′2″W / 48.45167°N 123.43389°W / 48.45167; -123.43389Coordinates: 48°27′6″N 123°26′2″W / 48.45167°N 123.43389°W / 48.45167; -123.43389
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Vancouver Island
Regional district	Capital Regional District
Incorporated	1988
Government
• Governing body	View Royal Town Council
Area
• Total	14.36 km² (5.54 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,381
• Density	653.3/km² (1,692/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
Postal code	V9B
Area code(s)	250
Highways	1
Waterways	Strait of Juan de Fuca
Website	Official website

View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of approximately 9,381 residents and was incorporated as a municipality in December 1988.

The main built-up area of View Royal straddles the neck of the Esquimalt peninsula between Esquimalt Harbour and Portage Inlet. A larger, mostly wooded area stretches northward around Thetis Lake Park. View Royal borders Esquimalt Harbour to the south, Colwood and Langford to the west, Highlands and Saanich to the north, and Esquimalt and the Esquimalt Nation reserve to the east.

View Royal has a rich history that is closely linked to the entire region. The Esquimalt First Nation, a Coast Salish indigenous people, have occupied View Royal since time immemorial. European settlement began in the 1850s by Kenneth Mackenzie who established a farm known as Craigflower Manor^[1] and Dr. John Helmcken, Vancouver Island's first doctor and later speaker of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Several historic sites can be found in View Royal including the Four Mile Pub, the oldest continuously operating pub in the province of British Columbia, founded in 1855.

Following incorporation of the Capital Regional District in the 1960s, View Royal remained as one of the unincorporated electoral areas until incorporation as a town in 1988.

Several changes have gone on in View Royal in recent years, including the move by Great Canadian Casinos into a large complex on the Old Island Highway, with the municipality receiving a percentage of the profits in a contractual agreement for the next 20 years. In 1983, the Victoria General Hospital relocated to View Royal.

View Royals' town center is a 3 minute walk from the shoreline, and has sandy beaches with many small caves littering the coastline where it is known for marine life such as seals to come ashore and take refuge within these caves. The shoreline is also littered with many big boulders and rocks as you approach the water line. Marine life can be viewed instantly on these rocks, with starfish, crabs, and other wildlife such as clams cling to life. The short walk to the town center sees a very gradual incline in elevation, and the use of a small set of stairs is necessary to get from the road to the beaches. These beaches in the summertime are beautiful and experienced mainly by those that inhabit View Royal, making at a hidden gem for tourists and visitors.

References

↑ Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse, B.C. Ministry of Tourism and Culture websiteretrieved 21-09-10

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Communities on Vancouver Island

v t e Members of the Capital Regional District

Municipalities	Central Saanich Colwood Esquimalt Highlands Langford Metchosin North Saanich Oak Bay Saanich Sidney Sooke Victoria View Royal

Electoral areas	B & D (Juan de Fuca) F (Salt Spring Island) G (Southern Gulf Islands)

v t e 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 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 Saanichton Saseenos Songhees Swartz Bay Uplands Whiffen Spit William Head Willis Point Willows Beach Windsor Park Work Point

v t e Subdivisions of British Columbia

Subdivisions	Regions Regional districts Forest regions and districts Ministry of Environment regions School districts Land districts

Communities	Municipalities Cities District municipalities Indian government districts Island municipalities Mountain resort municipalities Regional municipalities Resort municipalities Towns Villages Ghost towns Indian reserves

Metro areas and agglomerations	Abbotsford–Mission Kelowna Vancouver Victoria Census agglomerations

Towns	Comox Creston Cumberland Fort Nelson Gibsons Golden Ladysmith Lake Cowichan Oliver Osoyoos Port McNeill Princeton Qualicum Beach Sidney Smithers View Royal

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