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Esquimalt

Esquimalt

The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of , in , Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, , to the south by the , to the west by and…
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  • Type: Town with 16,200 residents
  • Description: municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Esquimalt, BC”, “Esquimalt, British Columbia”, and “Township of Esquimalt”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include CFB Esquimalt and Victoria Inner Harbour Seaplane Base.

Fire station
Photo: IDuke, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters.

Aerodrome
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Victoria Inner Harbour Airport or Victoria Harbour Water Airport is located in , adjacent to , , Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Transport Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.

School
is a French first language K-12 school located in Esquimalt, British Columbia, . It is designed to accommodate 540 students from the Greater Victoria area and to serve as a community centre for the local francophone community.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include View Royal and Chinatown.

Town
Photo: John Newcomb, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the of , Canada. has a population of 11,575 residents. is situated 3 km northwest of Esquimalt.

Neighborhood
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The in is the oldest in and the second oldest in North America after . Victoria's had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858. is situated 3½ km east of Esquimalt.

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is the capital of 's westernmost province; , near the southern tip of . contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.

Esquimalt

Latitude
48.43° or 48° 25′ 48″ north
Longitude
-123.41359° or 123° 24′ 49″ west
Population
16,200
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
IATA airport code
YPF
United Nations Location Code
CA ESQ
Open location code
84WRCHHP+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52552987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5949512
Wiki­data ID
Q14944797
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Esquimalt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيسكويمالت، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Arabic: “إيسكويمالت”
  • Catalan: “Esquimalt”
  • Cebuano: “Esquimalt”
  • Chinese: “埃斯奎莫尔特”
  • Chinese: “埃斯奎莫爾特”
  • Dagbani: “Esquimalt”
  • Dutch: “Esquimalt”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايسكويمالت”
  • French: “Esquimalt”
  • German: “Esquimalt”
  • Italian: “Esquimalt”
  • Japanese: “イスクワイモールト”
  • Japanese: “エキスモルト”
  • Japanese: “エスキモルト”
  • Japanese: “エスキモルト郡区”
  • Japanese: “エスクィマルト”
  • Japanese: “エスクイモルト”
  • Japanese: “タウンシップ・オヴ・エスキモルト”
  • Polish: “Esquimalt”
  • Spanish: “Esquimalt (Columbia Británica)”
  • Spanish: “Esquimalt”
  • Swedish: “Esquimalt”
  • Ukrainian: “Іскваймолт”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Township of Esquimalt Municipal Hall and GVPL: Esquimalt Branch.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Esquimalt”. Photo: Kyle Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.