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Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237.
Victoria BC 48°25′26″N 123°21′58″W / 48.4238°N 123.366°W / 48.4238; -123.366 ( St. Andrew's Presbyterian Victoria municipality ( 14788 )
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive over a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada. [1]
Victoria incorporated as a city on August 1, 1862. 1 Thomas Harris: 1862 1865 2 Lumley Franklin: 1865 1866 3 William J. Macdonald: 1866 1867 4 James Trimble: 1867 1870 5 Alexander R. Robertson: 1870 1871 (3) William J. Macdonald (2nd term) 1871 1871 6 Richard Lewis: 1872 1872 7 James E. McMillan: 1872 1873 8 James D. Robinson: 1873 1873 9 ...
The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco.Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.
From 1856 to 1860 the Legislature of the Colony of Vancouver Island met at Bachelor's Hall at Fort Victoria. [2] From 1860 to 1898 it was housed in the first permanent building at Legislative Hall or Legislative Council Court, a two-storey wooden building along with four other buildings (Land Office, Colonial Office, Supreme Court, and Treasury) known colloquially as "The Birdcages" because of ...
The Victoria Yacht Club was founded on 8 June 1892 by a group of 46 yachtsmen and is the oldest sailing association in Western Canada. [16] In 1911 King George V recognized the club's success and granted permission to add a "Royal" prefix to the club's name thereby allowing for the change to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. [16]
The fort was known briefly as "Fort Albert", but on June 10, 1843, by resolution of HBC's Council of the Northern Department, it was officially named Victoria in honour of the young Queen. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The fort was built using labour from local First Nations people, who were paid one Hudson's Bay blanket for every 40 pickets they cut. [ 7 ]