Gordon Head
Gordon Head is a seaside neighbourhood in the municipality of Saanich in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Gordon Head lies north of McKenzie Avenue and east of the Blenkinsop Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lambrick Park Secondary School and Mount Douglas.
Lambrick Park Secondary School
School
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Lambrick Park Secondary School is a four-year public secondary school located in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The school, part of Greater Victoria's School District 61, opened for the 1976-77 academic year and had its first graduates in 1978.
Mount Douglas
Park
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Mount Douglas is a prominent, 225 m hill in Saanich, British Columbia. It is located in PKOLS in the municipality of Saanich. "Little Mount Douglas" or "Little Mount Doug" is a smaller secondary peak about 150 m west of the main peak.
Michael Williams Building
University building
Photo: John Newcomb, CC BY 3.0.
Michael Williams Building is an university building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uplands and Ten Mile Point.
Uplands
Neighborhood
Uplands, Victoria is a 188.17-hectare neighbourhood located in the north east part of the District of Oak Bay, a suburb adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and situated between the neighbourhoods of Cadboro Bay and North Oak Bay. Uplands is situated 4 km south of Gordon Head.
Ten Mile Point
Neighborhood
Ten Mile Point is a neighbourhood in the District of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia, and is the most easterly point on Vancouver Island. Ten Mile Point was so named because it was ten nautical miles from what was at the time the headquarters of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy. Ten Mile Point is situated 4½ km southeast of Gordon Head.
Oak Bay
Town
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Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada. Oak Bay is situated 6 km south of Gordon Head.
Gordon Head
- Type: Neighborhood with 21,300 residents
- Categories: geographical feature and locality
- Location: Saanich, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.48219° or 48° 28′ 56″ northLongitude
-123.32159° or 123° 19′ 18″ westPopulation
21,300Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)Open location code
84WRFMJH+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 288938606OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5963453Wikidata ID
Q5585255
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In Other Languages
“Gordon Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gordon Head, Greater Victoria”
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