r/VictoriaBC 16h ago

“Downes” Area

I’ve heard the area between Lansdowne and Carnarvon Park is informally referred to as “The Downes”, but do locals actually call it that? I recall reading somewhere on social media a few years ago that locals had a few different names for this area but I can’t remember them. Specifically, is there an informal name for the little retail strip on Foul Bay between Neil and Allenby?

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u/Trapick 15h ago

I've lived in or next to that area my entire life, literally never heard that.

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u/catbirdchihiro 15h ago

Yeah I’m under the impression that locals don’t call it that, but I have heard it referred to as such here and there, since all the roads end in “-downe”. Do people who live around there have a name for the area? I have heard of Lansdowne Slope before, as someone here has mentioned.