Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1895 - Victoria

Victoria, a city of the Dominion of Canada, the capital of British Columbia, is charmingly situated on Fuca Strait near the S.E. extremity of Vancouver Island, about 100 miles N.W. of Seattle, Wash., and 3000 miles nearly due W. from Montreal. Lat. 48° 25' 20" N.; lon. 1239 22' 34" W. The surroundings of Victoria are singularly beautiful. Three miles distant is the harbor of Esquimalt, one of the finest on the Pacific coast, and the fortified naval station of Great Britain for the Northern Pacific. Victoria has good streets, with fine drives, over excellent roads, in every direction, and adjoining the town, bordering on the strait, is a large extent of ground, locally known as Beacon Hill, which has been reserved for a public park. On the outskirts of the city are many attractive residences, and every cottage displays its pretty garden. There are many neat and substantial buildings, among which are the provincial offices, the churches, a synagogue, the Angela College for young ladies, the St. Anne's Convent and Orphan School, the masonic building, the mechanics' institute, the Bank of British Columbia, a public hospital, and a theatre. Various public buildings are to be erected by the Dominion government. Two weekly and 2 daily newspapers are published in Victoria. The city has gas- and water-works, an electric-light plant, and an electric street-railway. Its commerce in naval supplies, coal, fish, etc., is extensive. Pop. in 1881, 5925; in 1891, 16,841; present pop. 25,000.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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