Welcome to Happy Valley ...
Although we found mention of Happy Valley during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Happy Valley had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added Happy Valley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Happy Valley, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Happy Valley: Happy Vly. (or less commonly used: Happy Vally. or Happy Vlly.)
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Happy Valley might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).
Area Codes for Happy Valley: 250, 236, 672 & 778<2>
Communities Also Named Happy Valley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Happy Valley - they are located in Alaska (2), California (4), Florida, Georgia (3), Hawaii, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia and Washington (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Happy Valley.
Communities near Happy Valley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Happy Valley.
- Victoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <3>
- Sidney
(16 miles [25.7 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:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <3>
- North Saanich
(16 miles [25.7 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:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Saanich
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Saanich <3>
- Sooke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- View Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Royal
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for View Royal <3>
- Milnes Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnes Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnes Landing
- Saseenos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saseenos came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saseenos
- East Sooke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Happy Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Happy Valley.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Happy Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Happy Valley.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Happy Valley ...
Looking for more information about Happy Valley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Happy Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Happy Valley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Happy Valley and then turned east". While Happy Valley could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Happy Valley as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Happy Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Happy Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Happy Valley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |