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Left
Legislative chamber, BC Parliament Buildings
Right
Entrance, Fairmont Empress Hotel
Victoria
PICTURESQUE, PEACEFUL VICTORIA
is the perfect
getaway from bustling Vancouver. Known as the
City of Flowers, it boasts more than 3,000 hanging
baskets along its pretty streets. Established as a fort in
1843 by the Hudson's Bay trading company, Victoria
soon became a city of prestige and influence. It grew
up around Beacon Hill Park, created in 1858 by Gov-
ernor James Douglas. When Victoria became BC's
capital in 1868, the growing city attracted excellent
architects such as Francis Mawson Rattenbury. Today
the city buzzes around the Inner Harbour. Nearby is
the oldest Chinatown in Western Canada, the Art Gallery of Greater
Victoria, and the home of Victoria's most famous artist, Emily Carr.
Shrine detail, Art Gallery
of Greater Victoria
H E R
ALD S
TR EE T
Upper
Harbour
Victoria
Railway
Station
Sight
s
5
CENTENNIAL
SQUARE
CORMO
R A N T
1
British Columbia Parliament Buildings
2
Fairmont Empress Hotel
3
Emily Carr House
4
Inner Harbour
5
Chinatown
6
Royal British Columbia Museum
7
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
8
Beacon Hill Park
9
MARKET
SQUARE
BASTION
SQUARE
0
Victoria
Harbour
7
4
Inner
Harbour
9
James
Bay
Craigdarroch Castle
2
0
Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Downt
o
wn
Cridge
Park
1
6
Thunderbird
Park
S
South
Park
8
Beacon Hill
Park
3
James Bay
300
yards
0
meters
300
Shops, Chinatown
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