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Norway House is a population centre of over 5,000 [1] [2] people, some 30 km (19 mi) north of Lake Winnipeg, on the bank of the eastern channel of Nelson River, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The population centre shares the name Norway House with the northern community of Norway House and Norway House 17, a First Nation reserve of the ...
Old Victoria Customs House: 1875: Victoria, British Columbia: Church of Our Lord: 1876 [18] Victoria, British Columbia: ... Norway House: St Andrews on the Red [21 ...
This is a list of historic places in the City of Victoria, British Columbia entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are designated federally, provincially or municipally. For a list of historic places in the remainder of the Capital Regional District refer to the List of historic places in Capital Regional District .
In 1816, Thomas Douglas sent Norwegians to build a road linking York Factory and Lake Winnipeg.In 1817, Norway House was built at Mossy Point, Manitoba. In 1821, Norway House became the principal inland fur trading depot for the Hudson's Bay Company From then it became a convenient meeting place for the Council of the Northern Department of Rupert's Land.
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.
Rockland is a historic neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, located just southeast of downtown and northeast of Beacon Hill Park, and comprising the northern portion of the official city neighbourhood of Fairfield. Its boundaries are imprecise but the area roughly flanks Rockland Avenue.
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 ...
A History of the Defence of Victoria and Esquimalt, 1846-1893. Manuscript report (Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch), no. 426. Ottawa: Parks Canada. OCLC 41731470. Lovatt, Ronald (1983). A History of the Defence of Victoria and Esquimalt : Royal Garrison Artillery Period, 1899–1906 (PDF). Microfiche Report Series 89.