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What name did the Coast Salish use for the site of present-day Victoria?
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Victoria
Provincial Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
The Coast Salish people, who have inhabited the region for over 10,000 years, knew the site of present-day Victoria as Camosun or Camosack.1