Patricia Bay
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Patricia Bay ("Pat Bay" to locals) is a body of salt water that extends east from Saanich Inlet and forms part of the shoreline of North Saanich, British Columbia. It lies due west of Victoria International Airport. A municipal park covers most of its eastern shore except at the southern end, which is home to a Canadian Coast Guard base, a seaplane port known as Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome, and two Canadian Government research facilities – the Institute of Ocean Sciences and GSC Pacific Sidney (formerly the Pacific Geoscience Centre).[http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/about/organization/organization-structure/geological-survey-of-canada/7334 GSC Pacific Sidney webpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104023817/http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/about/organization/organization-structure/geological-survey-of-canada/7334 |date=2013-11-04 }}. Retrieved 2013-11-02
History
Patricia Bay was named after Princess Patricia of Connaught, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General, who laid the cornerstone of the Connaught Wing (houses the Legislative Library) of the Parliament Buildings on 28 September 1912.{{Cite web|url=https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Parks~Recreation~and~Culture/Documents/Archives~Collections~and~Research/Category~8/Saanich_Placenames_MR_Reference.pdf|title=District of Saanich Placenames M - R|author=Saanich Archives|date=November 6, 2015|website=Saanich.ca}}
In the 1900s, there was a train track that connected Sidney and Victoria. The Canadian National Railway controlled the track but later abandoned it in 1931. The track was moved south.
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Category:Bays of British Columbia
Category:Southern Vancouver Island
Category:Bodies of water of Vancouver Island
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