The Hampshire House community portal is now online. This is not an official website. There is no private or confidential information maintained or stored and much effort has been made to honour peoples privacy - all data being already available on other websites on the Internet. The site is simply a portal to help you find information a little quicker and easier than a google search.

Here, you will find links to all manner of useful information about Oak Bay, its businesses and the Hampshire House neighbourhood.

You will (as our policy) NOT find information about council matters or internal issues. People will never be named except in rare circumstances where they have allowed this in recognition of contribution - ie :

• Dr. Ross has allowed his name to be mentioned - crediting him for the wonderful wild-life photographs.
• Bill Smith has allowed his name to be mentioned as the person "owning" and maintaining the website.

Dr. Ross, assisted by a friend, documents in video and stills  a few minutes in the life of a seal, a heron and a few seagulls and later an otter. Is there any chance the seal is herding in small fish to feed the heron - or is the seal planning to attack the heron?  I like to believe the seal is actually enjoying helping a fellow creature.

Here is a collage of Dr. Ross's best photographs of Hampshire House mammals and birds in 2010.

Hampshire House is located next to the Oak Bay Beach Hotel on the waterfront in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia (BC) Canada.

There are 36 condominiums in a unique concrete and steel building which has been substantially renovated inside and outside over the past 4 years. This is a no rental building mostly occupied by owners. The building appears to be 3 floors from the Beach Drive road front. But in fact there are 6 levels as there are also three levels on the water front side built down to the beach front.  Every apartment benefits from magnificent water views which give each resident a special connection to the wonderful Oak Bay waterfront.