A visit to the Royal Oak Burial Park ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Royal Oak Burial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Royal Oak Burial Park (FG ID #639349)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Royal Oak Burial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Royal Oak Burial Park
Lat: 48.5066° (48° 30' 23")
Lon: -123.3801° (-123° 22' 48")
Name Variations for Royal Oak Burial Park ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Royal Oak Burial Park has also been known as:
- Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Royal Oak Burial Park:
- Pages specific to British Columbia:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Royal Oak Burial Park
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Royal Oak Burial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Royal Oak Burial Park, with the nearest first.
- Lake Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Prospect Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon Head
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Head
- View Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Royal
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for View Royal <4>
- Keating
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Cadboro Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <4>
- Langford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saanichton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brentwood Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brentwood Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Bay
- Colwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Malahat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malahat came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malahat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malahat <4>
- Bamberton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bamberton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamberton
- Ardmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- North Saanich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Saanich came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Saanich
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Saanich <4>
- Sidney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <4>
- Metchosin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Roche Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swartz Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> of the Royal Oak Burial Park.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Royal Oak Burial Park, with the nearest first.
- Veteran's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quadra Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatley Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ross Bay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harling Point Chinese Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Metchosin
- The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Metchosin Pioneer Cemetery
- St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church Cemetery
- St. Mary The Virgin Church Yard Cemetery
- St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2459848 <1>
- St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sooke Harbour Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Muir Family Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sooke Millenium Memorial Park is located in Sooke.
- The Sooke Millenium Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Millenium Memorial Park
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
- Pender Island Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lopez Union Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in San Juan County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Galiano Island Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Galiano Island Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- The Galiano Island Cemetery has also been known as:
- Galiano Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galiano Island Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2491107 <1>
- St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Royal Oak Burial Park:
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #639349
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Royal Oak Burial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5066, Longitude: -123.3801 |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |