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The Victoria Tall Ships Festival has been held every third year since 2005, [73] although the 2011 event was cancelled due to high costs of staging the festival. [74] The festival is part of the Tall Ships Challenge event. [75] [76] Since 2000, the Gorge Rowing and Paddling Centre (GRPC) [77] has hosted the Brotchie Reach Outrigger Canoe Races.
During the 1990s, the NDP government commissioned a series of three fast ferries to improve ferry service between the Mainland and Vancouver Island. The ships proved problematic when they suffered many technical issues and cost double what was expected. The fast ferries were eventually sold off for $19.4 million in 2003.
The Vancouver Island section is known as the Patricia Bay Highway and connects Victoria to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal in North Saanich. The Lower Mainland section is known as the South Fraser Perimeter Road and connects the Tsawwassen ferry terminal to Delta and Surrey , terminating at an interchange with Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley.
In Vancouver: the shops on Granville Island and the totem poles at Stanley Park. For a second trip I’m going to recommend a week’s car tour of the fjords just beyond those big cities. I’ll ...
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.
On September 14, 2000, the ferry Spirit of Vancouver Island struck a pleasure craft just off Swartz Bay, killing two individuals. [ 7 ] On May 20, 2011, a truck waiting in line drove up the upper ramp of the terminal's first berth and then through several guard barriers and safety netting at an increased speed.
Victoria International Airport (IATA: YYJ, ICAO: CYYJ) serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north northwest [ 2 ] of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula , with the bulk of the airport (including the passenger terminal) in North Saanich , and a small portion of the airfield extending into Sidney .
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