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The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) [2] is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long [3] that is the Salish Sea's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
Victoria, until then a "sleepy English village" of a few hundred people, was transformed into a tent city of some 30,000 within weeks in the spring of 1858, among them 4000 were Chinese. [4] After initial complaints of a "humbug", because high water levels prevented mining, thousands returned to California, only to be replaced by others as ...
Juan de Fuca (10 June 1536 – 23 July 1602) [1] [2] was a Greek sailor who served Philip II of Spain.He is best known for his claim to have explored the Strait of Anián—now known as the Strait of Juan de Fuca—between Vancouver Island (now part of British Columbia, Canada) and the Olympic Peninsula (northwestern Washington state in the United States).
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.
Fan Tan Alley is an alley in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that is known for being the narrowest commercial street in North America, being less than 0.9 m (3.0 ft) wide at its narrowest point. [2] It runs south from Fisgard Avenue to Pandora Avenue at the block between Government Street and Store Street.
Their voyage began in Victoria, BC, on June 6, and they arrived in Halifax on October 10. [78] Dueck wrote a book about the voyage called The New Northwest Passage. [79] [80] In August–September 2010, Graeme Kendall (New Zealand) sailed the 41-foot (12 m) Astral Express through the Northwest Passage. He was the first person to sail solo non ...
From 1856 to 1860 the Legislature of the Colony of Vancouver Island met at Bachelor's Hall at Fort Victoria. [2] From 1860 to 1898 it was housed in the first permanent building at Legislative Hall or Legislative Council Court, a two-storey wooden building along with four other buildings (Land Office, Colonial Office, Supreme Court, and Treasury) known colloquially as "The Birdcages" because of ...
Name Address Coordinates Government recognition (CRHP №) Image 10-14 Fan Tan Alley: 10-14 Fan Tan Alley Victoria BC : Victoria municipality () : More images: Charles Hayward House