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- Victoria is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It lies at 123 degrees 22′ west longitude, and 48 degrees 25′ north latitude. Its latitude is about the same as Dijon, France; Zurich, Switzerland; Budapest, Hungary and Rostov, Russia in the northern hemisphere and the southern end of New Zealand in the southern hemisphere.
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Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100 km (62 mi) southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland.
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Greater Victoria is located on the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples who share a Coast Salish culture and language. The Pauquachin, Tseycum, Tsawout and Tsartlip had villages on the Saanich Peninsula; the Scia’new and T’Souke were indigenous to Metchosinand Sooke. The Kosampson (now called Esquimalt Nation) occupied locations along Esquimalt ...
Victoria remained a small community of less than 1,000 people until it burgeoned as the supply centre and jumping-off point for the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858. It was the trade centre for the Cariboo Gold Rush when incorporated as a city in 1862. In 1865, the British Admiralty designated the spacious Esquimalt Harbour nearby as a naval base. To...
The narrow, winding Victoria Harbour and its long extension, The Gorge, make for a picturesque city. In Songhees legend, the large rock beneath the tidal rapids on The Gorge waterway is the unfortunate Camossung, the girl who turned to stone. The inner harbour is flanked by the impressive provincial legislative buildings completed in 1898 and the E...
Victoria residents tend to be older than those in other Canadian cities. According to the 2021 census, 23.2 per cent of Victoria residents were aged 65 or older. The vast majority of people living in the city of Victoria claim European ethnicity. According to the 2021 census, people citing English origins make up the largest ethnic group, at 30.5 p...
The prominence of government and tourism in Victoria's economy means a high proportion of the labour force being engaged in public administration, personal services and retail trade. Victoria's isolation from major mainland markets has discouraged manufacturing. Some industries have shifted to the mainland in recent years, but others, particularly ...
Victorians receive a wide variety of radio broadcasts from Vancouverand Seattle. The only daily newspaper is the Victoria Times-Colonist. Several small publishing houses are based in the city. An internationally acclaimed literary magazine, The Malahat Review, is located at the University of Victoria.
Ferry connections with the mainland have always been of the utmost importance to Victorians. The Canadian Pacific Railway steamship service from Vancouverto Victoria was replaced in 1960 by the provincially owned BC Ferries operating from Swartz Bay, north of Victoria, to Tsawwassen, south of Vancouver. BC Ferries, which is headquartered in Victori...
The city of Victoria is governed by a mayor and eight councillors. Functions relating to regional parks, water supply and waste disposal are coordinated by the Capital Regional District (CRD). Administratively, Greater Victoria is one of the most fractured metropolitan areas in Canada, having over a dozen cities, towns and municipalities, each with...
Victoria is well endowed with educational and fine arts institutions. The University of Victoria (founded in 1963) grew out of Victoria College (1903), which was originally affiliated with McGill University and subsequently with the University of British Columbia. Other institutions include the Victoria Conservatory of Music (1964) and Camosun Coll...
Oct 27, 2023 · This means that Lake Victoria is located in the Northern hemisphere, just south of the equator. Lake Victoria, a part of the Great Lakes System and the mighty White Nile, acts as the source of the longest river in the world.
Sep 5, 2024 · Victoria, city, capital of British Columbia, Canada, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island between the Juan de Fuca and Haro straits, approximately 60 miles (100 km) south-southwest of the province’s largest city, Vancouver. Victoria is the largest urban area on the island.
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Apr 10, 2023 · Victoria is a small state located in the southeastern part of Australia. It is geographically positioned in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. Victoria is bordered by the states of South Australia in the west and New South Wales in the north.
Aurora australis appearing in the night sky of Swifts Creek, 100 km (62 mi) north of Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Sun passes from east to west through the north, although north of the Tropic of Capricorn the mean Sun can be directly overhead or due south at midday.
