Connecting Esquimalt street names to the ships and navy officers of our past.
Uganda Avenue: Formerly Montgomery Street, the name was changed in 1946 to honour HMS Uganda launched at Newcastle-on-Tyne 7 August 1941 and commissioned into the Royal Navy 3 January 1943. The money: Municipal Archives
Naden Street: Formerly Short Street, the name was changed 3 February 1947. The names of the officers and men who served in Esquimalt were first born on the books of HMCS Naden.: Municipal Archives
Grafton Street: Formerly Jellicoe Terrace renamed to remember HMS Grafton the last flagship on the Pacific Station.
Juno Street: HMS Juno was sent to the Pacific Station in 1887, along with HMS Cormorant and HMS Constance.
Shearwater Street: Named 29 October 1956 to remember HMS Shearwater as of 12 September 1910 the final coal ship on the west coast.
Caroline Road: Property owner Mrs. E.M. Cuppage requested this name in 1944. HMS Caroline was a Royal Navy corvette on the Pacific Station from 1886 to 1888.
Constance Avenue: Named to remember HMS Constance, the first war vessel to drop anchor in Esquimalt Harbour 24 June 1848
Sioux Place: Named in 1956 at the request of the owner of the land, Anthony Moilliet. HMCS Sioux, formerly HMS Vixen, was a “V” class destroyer, smaller than the famous Tribal Class destroyers.
Miles Street: The Street was created after 1950 and is named for Commodore G.R. Miles, OBE, CD, RCN. He was Captain of HMCS Saguenay during the Second World War.