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2. 1939 royal tour of Canada - Wikipedia

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   George VI and his royal consort, Queen Elizabeth, walking through Queen's Park, Toronto, May 1939. The 1939 royal tour of Canada by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was undertaken in the build-up of world political tensions to the imminent Second World War (1939-1945), as a way to shore up sympathy for the United Kingdom among her dominions and allies, should war break out in Europe.

3. Royal tours of Canada - Wikipedia

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   Since 1786, members of the Canadian royal family have visited Canada, [1] either as an official tour, a working tour, a vacation, or a period of military service. The first member to visit was the future King William IV in 1786. In 1939, King George VI became the first reigning monarch to tour the country.

4. Victoria, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Beyond Vancouver and Victoria: Places for a slower ... - AOL

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   Sailboats tilt on silver straits. Beyond the cities of Victoria and Vancouver, life is slower paced. This is the Canadian idyll that’s fun to savor on a second trip north. William Sullivan is ...

6. Royal British Columbia Museum - Wikipedia

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   www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. The Royal British Columbia Museum (or Royal BC Museum), founded in 1886, is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year. [2] The museum merged with the British Columbia ...

7. List of royal tours of Canada (18th–20th centuries) - Wikipedia

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   20th century. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall riding a timber slide at Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River in Ottawa, 1901. The Prince of Wales canoeing in Canada, 1919. George VI and Queen Elizabeth with Prime Minister Mackenzie King in Banff, Alberta, 1939.