The original inhabitants of James Bay were the Swenghwung people who were part of the Lekwungen people of the Coast Salish and whose descendants today are known as the Songhees First Nation. Even after the aboriginal inhabitants allegedly sold the land to the Hudson's Bay Company, remains of fortifications at Holland Point and of burial grounds at Laurel Point remained. The neighbourhood takes its name from the shallow inlet James Bay that forms part of Victoria's Inner Harbour, named for James Douglas. Settled early after the establishment of Fort Victoria in 1843, much of the present day neighbourhood was originally part of Ogden's Fields Farms.

With a vast history and one of Victoria's oldest neighbourhoods James Bay is highly sought after as the properties range from historic remodelled character homes with some of the most famous being around the parliament and Emily Carr house, to high rise condo and apartment buildings bordering Beacon Hill Park. 

Homes in this area have been reaching record sales and with limited availablity in this neighbourhood the opportunities may be limited however for buyers and sellers alike this is prime Victoria real estate and can be purchased for high return rental properties as well as a way of life unlike most.

Several heritage homes have been converted into strata titled condo's and are a popular alternative to new construction buildings in the area.

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