What is "esquimalt"

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 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 square kilometres. It is home to the Pacific fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding. Its successor riding today is Esquimalt-Metchosin.

Esquimalt is a municipality in British Columbia. Esquimalt may also refer to:

• CFB Esquimalt, a Canadian Forces naval base, originally the Royal Navy's Pacific Station headquarters
  • Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard or Esquimalt Station (1842-1905)
• HMCS Esquimalt, a Royal Canadian Navy shipname

  • , a Bangor-class minesweeper from WWII

• Esquimalt Harbour, a body of water flanked by the District of Esquimalt, the Town of View Royal, and the City of Colwood
  • Esquimalt Lagoon
  • Esquimalt Lagoon Bird Sanctuary
• the Esquimalt First Nation, a First Nations band government
  • the Esquimalt people, signatories to the Douglas Treaties as the Whyomilth
  • Esquimalt Indian Reserve, the Indian reserve governed by that band
• Esquimalt-Royal Roads, a provincial electoral district
  • Esquimalt (electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district
  • Esquimalt-Metchosin, a defunct provincial electoral district
  • Esquimalt-Port Renfrew, a defunct provincial electoral district
• Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, a federal electoral district
  • Esquimalt—Saanich, a defunct federal electoral district
• the Esquimalt Land District, part of the cadastral survey system of land law in British Columbia
• Esquimalt Airport (CYPF), a former airport
• Esquimalt railway station