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Victoria travel guide

about Victoria

Victoria is a Canadian city, and the provincial capital of British Columbia.

Victoria also refers to Greater Victoria including this municipality and those immediately surrounding it. It is also a member municipality of the Capital Regional District.

Victoria geography

It is near the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Greater Victoria has a population of approximately 326,000. It is the largest city on the island. (Some unfamiliar with the region assume that Vancouver lies on Vancouver Island, but it is on the nearby mainland.) The chief industry is tourism. The township of Esquimalt, which forms part of greater Victoria, is the base for the Pacific Fleet of the Canadian Forces.

Victoria history

Founded in 1843 as Fort Camosun, a Hudson's Bay Company post, the city was later called Fort Victoria. When Vancouver Island became a crown colony, a town was laid out on the site and made the capital of the colony. With the discovery of gold on the British Columbia mainland in 1858, Victoria became the port, supply base, and outfitting centre for miners on their way to the Cariboo gold fields. In 1866 when the island was politically united with the mainland, Victoria remained the capital of the colony and became the provincial capital in 1871.

Near cities to Victoria

• Richmond travel guide 85 km
• Surrey travel guide 90 km
• Nanaimo travel guide 93 km
• Vancouver travel guide 96 km
• Burnaby travel guide 98 km
• Abbotsford travel guide 110 km
• Bremerton travel guide 110 km
• Seattle travel guide 120 km
• Bellevue travel guide 120 km
• Tacoma travel guide 150 km

Near webcams to Victoria

• Victoria - Royal BC Museum webcam 2.2 km
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• Sidney webcam 26 km
• Sooke - River webcam 27 km
• Vancouver webcam 94 km
• New Westminster webcam 95 km
• Vancouver - Jericho Beach webcam 95 km
• Aldergrove webcam 96 km
• Vancouver webcam 98 km
• Vancouver webcam 98 km

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