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It travels another 180 m (0.11 mi) east, where the highway turns north as Blanshard Street (a six lane divided city street) for 3 km (1.9 mi) through the city of Victoria before leaving the city at Tolmie Avenue and for another 2 km (1.2 mi) north through the district of Saanich to the Uptown Shopping Centre; Highway 17 then becomes the Pat Bay ...
Saanich (/ ˈ s æ n ɪ tʃ / SAN-itch) is a district municipality on the southern end of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, within the Greater Victoria area. The population was 117,735 at the 2021 census, making it the most populous municipality in the Capital Regional District and Vancouver Island, and the eighth-most populous in the province. [2]
Saanichton, British Columbia is a village, in the municipality of Central Saanich, located between Victoria and the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, west of the Pat Bay Highway (Hwy 17), at the junction of Mount Newton Cross Road and East Saanich Road. [1]
The highway started off in the south by branching off from Highway 17 at the Royal Oak Drive interchange. Highway 17A then turned on to the road officially named West Saanich Road at its intersection with Royal Oak Drive, and followed a winding path through Saanich. After 9 km (6 mi) through Saanich, the Highway entered the Central Saanich ...
Saanich Peninsula (Straits Salish: W̱SÁNEĆ) is located north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Saanich Inlet on the west, Satellite Channel on the north, the small Colburne Passage on the northeast, and Haro Strait on the east. The exact southern boundary of what is referred to as the "Saanich Peninsula" (or simply as ...
The Swan Lake portion of the nature sanctuary is bordered on the west by the Pat Bay Highway; on the east by Saanich Road; on the north by Ralph Street, Sevenoaks and Nelthorpe; and on the south by the Lockside Regional Trail. On the east side of Saanich Road, the vegetated area under the Lochside trestle is also part of the sanctuary lands.
Gordon Head has 28 parks ranging in size from the minuscule Balmacarra Park to the magnificent 184-hectare PKOLS (Mount Douglas Park, the largest park in Saanich. Several parks offer beach access. The half-rocky, half-sandy beach that spans Arbutus Cove Park and Hollydene Park is Gordon Head's most frequented beach.
McTavish Road in North Saanich: West Saanich Road — — Continuation of Hwy 962:0325; former segment of Hwy 17A; connects to Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay ferry Highway 962:0325: 3.57: 2.22 West Saanich Road in North Saanich: Lochside Drive in North Saanich: McTavish Road — — Continuation of Hwy 962:0320 and Hwy 962:0326 Highway 962:0326: 2.14: ...