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Port authority detours6/2/2023 ![]() It is a good idea to check the weather forecast during your visit to get you prepared. The wind can range from nuisance at best to damaging at worse. The whole island is a casualty to at least one mild windstorm every year, which would usually blow after a rain shower. Snow, while infrequent, is not unheard-of at least every year. The summer however is cool and comfortable enough to get outside as much as possible, and the sun doesn't set until 9PM! Compared with the Vancouver city however, the city is less wet and receives more sunshine as the mountains at the USA's Olympic Peninsula and the island mountains usually managed to block the heaviest precipitations. Much like the whole coastal British Columbia, the winter is mild with temperatures averaging above freezing for all of the year and most of the year's worth of rain falling. Victoria was named in honour of the ruling queen of England in 1843 and designated as the provincial capital of British Columbia in 1871. A trip to Victoria would not be complete without admiring its classic buildings and a trip to the park or the houses outside the city. The real estate boom after World War I however, is what gives the city its well-known character, with Edwardian skylines popping up in the city center that transitions to genteel civility in the suburbs. From its humble beginnings as a backup trade post for Fort Vancouver (at Vancouver in the USA's Washington State) erected by James Douglas in 1843, the city's ports have been a witness of historic events that brought influxes of people from all over the world to Canada: from the Gold Rush to opium trade between Asia and North America. Victoria's prime location, right between the Canadian mainland and the Pacific Ocean, makes the area become perhaps one of the earliest modern developments of Canada. The quaint skylines in the city centre meet with the genteel and natural design on the outskirts of the downtown, designating Victoria as a resort town for western British Columbia. While the island is mainly quiet and laid back, Victoria is a step up as the largest city on the island, aided by the fact that all of British Columbia's governmental offices are here. ![]() The colourful gardens and paintings are worth admiring, while the natural beauty just a short distance away from the town is simply breathtaking.įor the purposes of this guide, Victoria includes the nearby municipalities of Oak Bay, Saanich, Esquimalt and Brentwood Bay.įirst-time visitors stepping into Vancouver Island might be surprised by the very different atmosphere as opposed to the city of Vancouver just across the Strait of Georgia. Amidst the bustle of this little city, you can venture through the classical British architecture to the preserved Chinatown, or all the way back in time to the original First Nations (Indigenous) culture. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada. Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. For other places with this name, see Victoria.
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