Colwood, British Columbia
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'' |- |Census Division | |- |Regional District |Capital Regional District |- | Area: | or 17.76 (use for info after initial value, and for unformatted area field)}}} }}} km²}}} |- |style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Founded |style="padding: 0 5px 0 0" | |- |style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Incorporated |style="padding: 0 5px 0 0" | 1985 |- |Population: City | valign="top" | 13,745 (2001) |- |Population density:||807.7/km² |- | Time zone: | |- |Postal code span: | |- | Latitude: Longitude: | |- |Elevation:|| m MSL}}} |- |Highways |Highway 1A Highway 14 |- |Waterways |Strait of Juan de Fuca |- | Mayor: | |- |: | |- | align="center" colspan="2" | }}} |- | colspan="2" align="right"| Census.}}}}}}}}} [Edit Template] |} Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Capital Regional District within an area called the Western Communities, or the West Shore. Colwood's best known landmark is Hatley Castle, (also referred to as Hatley Park) a castle-like building originally built as a residence for James Dunsmuir, premier and later lieutenant governor of British Columbia. Hatley Park was acquired by the Canadian Armed Forces and from 1941 until the mid 1990s operated as Royal Roads Military College. The military college was closed in the 1990s and the lands have since formed the campus for Royal Roads University which opened in 1995. The original residence is surrounded by extensive and attractive gardens, including a Japanese garden. The city is the site for many regional amenities, including the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, Bear Mountain Arena, and the library facilities for the Western Communities. As it lies geographically to the south of Victoria, Colwood is Western Canada's southernmost city. Neighbourhoods of Colwood
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