Esquimalt
| Esquimalt | |
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| District municipality | |
| Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt | |
View of Esquimalt from the Highrock Cairn
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 Location of Esquimalt in British Columbia |
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| Coordinates: 48°25′50″N 123°24′53″W / 48.43056°N 123.41472°WCoordinates: 48°25′50″N 123°24′53″W / 48.43056°N 123.41472°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 British Columbia
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| Region | South Island/Greater Victoria |
| Regional district | Capital Regional District |
| Incorporated | 1912 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.08 km2 (2.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 16,209 |
| • Density | 2,290.1/km2 (5,931/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| Highways | 1A |
| Waterways | Strait of Juan de Fuca |
| Website | District of Esquimalt |
The Township of Esquimalt /ᵻˈskwaɪmɔːlt/ 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 IR No. 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 one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria and part of the Capital Regional District.
Esquimalt had a population of 16,209 in 2011. It covers 7.08 km2 (2.73 sq mi). It is home to the Pacific fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy.
The region now known as Esquimalt was settled by First Nations people approximately 400 years before the arrival of Europeans. The treaties of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), signed in 1843, refer to these people as the Kosampsom group, though they are now known as the Esquimalt Nation. The word Esquimalt is a transliteration of "Ess-whoy-malth," a phrase usually translated as "place of the shoaling waters." The Songhees people (then called Songish), who now have a reserve in Esquimalt, were originally located on the western shore of what is now Victoria Harbour, but were relocated in 1911. Both nations spoke a North Straits Salish dialect called Lekwungen (which is also an alternate name for the Songhees).
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