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Garden City Tourism: A Year Round Affair, and M...
The real story of Victoria’s tourism success, though, comes from its year-round appeal. Travellers arriving by car, ferry, seaplane or airplane may only make up about 30% of annual arrivals,...
Garden City Tourism: A Year Round Affair, and M...
The real story of Victoria’s tourism success, though, comes from its year-round appeal. Travellers arriving by car, ferry, seaplane or airplane may only make up about 30% of annual arrivals,...
Finding Victoria’s 12 “Hands of Time”: A Truly ...
Scattered across downtown and the harbour front, each piece depicts a pair of hands engaged in activities that symbolize moments in Victoria’s past. They’re not big, flashy statues, but life-sized...
Finding Victoria’s 12 “Hands of Time”: A Truly ...
Scattered across downtown and the harbour front, each piece depicts a pair of hands engaged in activities that symbolize moments in Victoria’s past. They’re not big, flashy statues, but life-sized...
Petals and Past: The Story of Victoria’s Cherry...
Based on the thousands of cherry trees that Victoria has, you’d think they were native to the island, but they aren’t - Victoria’s Japanese (Canadian) community, who wanted to bring...
Petals and Past: The Story of Victoria’s Cherry...
Based on the thousands of cherry trees that Victoria has, you’d think they were native to the island, but they aren’t - Victoria’s Japanese (Canadian) community, who wanted to bring...
From Seaplanes to Water Taxis to Orcas: Victori...
With its many comings and goings each day, Victoria’s busy Inner Harbour can appear to an untrained eye to be a haphazard, chaotic jumble of activity; but nothing could be...
From Seaplanes to Water Taxis to Orcas: Victori...
With its many comings and goings each day, Victoria’s busy Inner Harbour can appear to an untrained eye to be a haphazard, chaotic jumble of activity; but nothing could be...
The Dark Side of Victoria’s Chinatown: Systemic...
At the time, Chinatown was home to about 3,200 people, many working directly or indirectly in the opium trade as dockhands, merchants, or factory workers. The industry sustained hundreds of...
The Dark Side of Victoria’s Chinatown: Systemic...
At the time, Chinatown was home to about 3,200 people, many working directly or indirectly in the opium trade as dockhands, merchants, or factory workers. The industry sustained hundreds of...
Beneath the Glass Roof: The Legacy of Crystal G...
From the outset, Crystal Garden was an extravagant multi-purpose entertainment centre that hosted everything from beauty contests to art exhibitions to business conferences, and even military training exercises beneath its...
Beneath the Glass Roof: The Legacy of Crystal G...
From the outset, Crystal Garden was an extravagant multi-purpose entertainment centre that hosted everything from beauty contests to art exhibitions to business conferences, and even military training exercises beneath its...