Oak Bay

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  • Type: Town with 18,000 residents
  • Description: town in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: Oak Bay, BC” and “Oak Bay, British Columbia
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Jubilee Hospital and Pemberton Memorial Operating Room.

Hospital
is a 500-bed general hospital in , Canada, located about 3 km east of the city centre, in the Jubilee neighbourhood.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a National Historic Site of Canada, the first operating room of the in , .

School
École Secondaire is a high school in the Greater Victoria School District and is located in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada. The enrollment is approximately 1,400 students attending in grades 9 to 12 in both regular and French immersion programs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uplands and Victoria.

Neighborhood
, Victoria is a 188.17-hectare located in the north east part of the District of Oak Bay, a suburb adjacent to , , and situated between the neighbourhoods of and North Oak Bay. is situated 2½ km northeast of Oak Bay.

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

Neighborhood
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 west of Oak Bay.

Oak Bay

Latitude
48.42611° or 48° 25′ 34″ north
Longitude
-123.31707° or 123° 19′ 2″ west
Population
18,000
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA OBY
Open location code
84WRCMGM+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5314271235
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6091919
Wiki­data ID
Q7073424
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Oak Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أوك باي، كولومبيا البريطانية
  • Arabic: أوك باي
  • Catalan: Oak Bay
  • Cebuano: Oak Bay
  • Chinese: 橡树湾
  • Chinese: 橡樹灣
  • French: Oak Bay
  • German: Oak Bay
  • Italian: Oak Bay
  • Japanese: オークベイ (ブリティッシュコロンビア州)
  • Persian: اوک بی، بریتیش کلمبیا
  • Slovenian: Oak Bay
  • Spanish: Oak Bay (Columbia Británica)
  • Spanish: Oak Bay
  • Swedish: Oak Bay
  • Ukrainian: Оук-Бей
  • Welsh: Oak Bay

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include District of Oak Bay Municipal Hall and Cochrane’s Common.

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