Place:Esquimalt, Capital, British Columbia, Canada

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NameEsquimalt
Alt namesTownship of Esquimaltsource: Wikipedia
TypeCommunity
Coordinates48.416667°N 123.4°W
Located inCapital, British Columbia, Canada
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the New Songhees 1A Indian reserve and the town of View Royal, and to the north by a narrow inlet of water called the Gorge, across which is the district municipality of Saanich. It is almost tangential to Esquimalt 1 Indian Reserve near Admirals Road. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria and part of the Capital Regional District.

Esquimalt had a population of 17,533 in 2021. It covers . It is home to the Pacific fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy.

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