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In the 1980s, it had become the Penny Farthing, and by 2001 was a predominantly gay venue with music and cabaret at the weekends. [3] [4] This was one of several renamings before it closed in 2002 and became Autumn House, and then a Chinese restaurant, Gourmet Buffet, and Buddha Kitchen. [5] [6] [2] [4] It was to have become Tiger Bills by ...
13 College Dr Victoria, BC V9C, Canada Hatley Park National Historic Site Colwood BC 48°26′13″N 123°27′40″W / 48.4369°N 123.4612°W / 48.4369; -123.4612 ( Belmont Road Main Gatehouse
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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
Clover Point is also the site of one of Victoria's two sewage pumping station's and a possible location for a sewage treatment plant mandated for the city by the BC government in July 2006. Landmarks and areas of special interest include: YM-YWCA of Greater Victoria; Christ Church Cathedral and School; Mount St. Mary Hospital; Beacon Hill ...
With the establishment of Fort Victoria, a trail linking the fort to Cadboro Bay ran through the area that would become Fernwood and was used by aboriginals and Europeans. Bishop Edward Cridge described the area as it was in the 1850s as "open country without a house or field till we arrived at the Company's farm [Cadboro Bay Farm]".
Ten Mile Point is a neighbourhood in the District of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia, and is the most easterly point on Vancouver Island.Ten Mile Point was so named because it was ten nautical miles (18.5 km (11.5 mi)) from what was at the time the headquarters of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy (now CFB Esquimalt).
In 1884 he acquired a black-enameled Columbia 50-inch 'Standard' penny-farthing with nickel-plated wheels, built by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Chicago. He packed his handlebar bag with socks, a spare shirt, a raincoat that doubled as tent and bedroll, and a pocket revolver (described as a "bull-dog revolver", perhaps a British Bull Dog revolver) and left San Francisco at 8 o'clock on 22 ...