"The Malahat Drive, V.I." Post Card. A "TRIO" Photograph. © Photo by "TRIO," Victoria, B. C. North end of the old Malahat Drive on southern Vancouver Island, BC. This section was by-passed in 1956 and is now part of Mill Bay Road. The old north end began at Saanich Inlet. From the Saanich Inlet to the Malahat Summit (elevation 1,155 ft. [352 m]) in 5.9 miles (9.5 km).