Patricia Bay

Patricia Bay (48˚39'00" 123˚27'00" E side of Saanich Inlet, N of Victoria). Named after Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886–1974), a daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She came to Canada with her parents when the duke served as the country’s 10th gov gen, 1911–16. Attractive and outgoing, the princess became very popular with Canadians, and in 1918 she was named col-in-chief of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, an...

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