Bamberton, British Columbia

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Bamberton is located on the Saanich Inlet, just south of Mill Bay, 45 kilometers north of Victoria on Vancouver Island.

Bamberton is named for H.K.G. Bamber, a cement manufacturer from Gravesend, England, who was original owner of DL 127 Malahat Dist (the land allotment Bamberton is located on), who was the managing director of British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd.^[1] Bamberton was abandoned when the British Columbia Cement Company, a successor-owner after British Portlan Cement, closed its doors in 1980. It shares its name with the nearby Bamberton Provincial Park.

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Coordinates: 48°35′N, 123°31′W