Malahat

Malahat is the name of a Coast Salish group on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Their name today may refer to:

Government

Malahat First Nation, the First Nations band government of the Malahat located on southeastern Vancouver Island

Places

Malahat, British Columbia, an unincorporated area of Vancouver Island, Canada

Malahat railway station, in Malahat, British Columbia, Canada

Malahat-Juan de Fuca, a former electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Transportation

Malahat (highway), a portion of British Columbia Highway 1 linking Greater Victoria to the rest of Vancouver Island

Malahat (schooner), a five-masted ship also known as "The Queen of Rum Row"

Malahat (train), now known as the Victoria–Courtenay train, a passenger service on Vancouver Island operated by Via Rail

Military

HMCS Malahat, a recruitment and training center for sailors of the Canadian Naval Reserve in Victoria, BC

Victoria–Courtenay train

The Victoria–Courtenay train (formerly the Malahat), commonly known as the Dayliner, that was a passenger train service operated by Via Rail between Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay on a rail line owned by the Island Corridor Foundation who also contracts out freight operations to the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (formerly known as the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway). Service is indefinitely suspended pending repairs of the track – service had been projected to resume in 2015, however as of April 2015 repairs to the track had not commenced.

History

British Columbia Highway 1

Highway 1 is part of the British Columbia section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Its total accumulated distance through British Columbia is 1,039 km (646 mi), including the distance travelled on ferries.

Vancouver Island section

The Vancouver Island branch of Highway 1, known locally as the Island Highway (a name shared with Highway 19), is the main thoroughfare on the south Island. The highway was first given the "1" designation in 1941, and originally went from Victoria to Kelsey Bay, a small coastal community north of Campbell River. Highway 1 on the Island was shortened to terminate in the downtown core of the city of Nanaimo in 1953, with the section north of Nanaimo being re-numbered 19. When BC Ferries took over the ferry route between Departure Bay in Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver in 1961, Highway 1 on the Island was extended to the Departure Bay ferry dock.

Route details

The Island section of Highway 1, which is 116 km (72 mi) in total length, begins at the intersection of Douglas Street and Dallas Road in Victoria, where a large "mile zero" sign is erected. Highway 1 proceeds north through the city of Victoria for 4 km (2½ mi), passing by the southern terminus of Highway 17, before leaving the city at Tolmie Avenue. Once out of Victoria there are three at grade intersections at Boleskine Rd, Tillicum Rd and Mckenzie Avenue. Between Tillicum and Mckenzie there is a limited interchange at Interurban (south bound off-ramp). Highway 1 then continues on a 10 km (6 mi) long four to six lane freeway, with five interchanges along its length, one of which leads to the start of Highway 14 until the Leigh Road overpass in Langford. After its intersection with the Westshore Parkway, the highway narrows to two lanes as it enters Goldstream Provincial Park. The highway from this point is known locally as the Malahat.