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Oak Bay is a municipality located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada, and is a seaside community. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the city of Victoria. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria. ==Notable features== Oak Bay has several notable features which include: * The Oak Bay Village is the heart of Oak Bay, which runs along Oak Bay Avenue. * Home to one of the largest collections of Art & Crafts Galleries on Vancouver Island. A leisurely stroll through the Village finds 7 superb Art Galleries and Craft Studios representing some of the finest Canadian art & crafts available. * Its beautiful and rugged shorelines and beaches, popular with boaters. * Its two marinas the Oak Bay Marina & Royal Victoria Yacht Club. * Well-maintained houses and gardens throughout the municipality. * Oak Bay has a large number of old style and heritage homes. * The Oak Bay community is known for being stringent against structural and landscape changes. * The discrete area of the Uplands is a residential neighbourhood that is home to many of the most expensive properties in Canada, including stately turn of the century houses of the Arts and Crafts and Faux Tudor styles, as well as new high-end construction. Several of the waterfront residential properties in the Uplands and South Oak Bay count themselves amongst the most expensive private properties in Canada and North America. * In 2011, the average price of a single family home in Oak Bay was $936,355.〔http://www.livinginvictoriabc.com/greater-victoria/mls-statistics-for-victoria-oak-bay-metchosin-north-saanich-and-sidney〕 * Retirement homes and communities - Oak Bay is well known as a popular retirement destination. * A selection of excellent restaurants, deli's, bistro's antique shops, as well as an English-style pub, and other establishments geared towards both families and seniors. * A long-standing opposition to large commercial development and suited homes. * Its three golf courses the Victoria Golf Club, Uplands Golf Club & Oak Bay Recreation henderson golf course. Oak Bay is a community of British heritage, and has a stereotyped reputation as a quaint, charming neighborhood with a genteel British atmosphere. Oak Bay has been referred to as being located "Behind the Tweed Curtain",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.oakbayvillage.ca/ )〕 a lighthearted allusion to the Iron Curtain. Tour guides continue to refer to it as "More English Than England Itself". Oak Bay is home to several popular beaches, most notably Willows Beach. Oak Bay's motto, from its coat of arms, is ''Sub Quercu Felicitas'', Latin for "Under the Oak, Good Fortune". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oak Bay, British Columbia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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