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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQ5_vancouver-island-wallmap-mural_Victoria-BC.html
[Three 'markers' a part of this mural. They are entitled: Pemberton Family, Vancouver Island, and Fort Victoria.]Pemberton FamilyJ.D. Pemberton, engineer and surveyor for the H.B.C., arrived in 1851 by canoe in the last stages of his journey from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQ4_fort-victoria_Victoria-BC.html
Founded by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1843, Fort Victoria became, after 1846, the head-quarters of the Company's trade in British territory west of the Rocky Mountains. When the Colony of Vancouver Island was formed in 1849 Victoria was the capit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWPL_the-bank-building_Victoria-BC.html
When the building opened, it was the second largest in Victoria with a total area 5,230 square feet. The original drawings came from London, England.Using brick on a stone foundation, Mr. Williams combined cast iron columns, lintels, and sills wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWPK_first-british-columbia-school_Victoria-BC.html
On this site Rev. R.J. Staines and wife opened the first British Columbia School in 1849. In the same building of Fort Victoria the first Legislative Assembly met August 12th 1856.[Plaque below]This plaque unveiled by Honorable Nancy Hodges, first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWPJ_fort-victoria_Victoria-BC.html
The pavement design near this plaque marks the location of the east gate of Fort Victoria, built in 1843. From here the wooden stockade stretched northward to the bastion and southward toward what is now Broughton Street. The plaques in the paveme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWPI_the-bastion-cannons_Victoria-BC.html
You are standing at the entrance to Bastion SquareBastion Square is a legacy of Fort Victoria whose two log towers or "Bastions" were located near here.The Hudson's Bay Company, which remains as a store across the street, built the fort in 1843 in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWPA_the-bastion_Victoria-BC.html
This tablet marks the site of the bastion which stood at the north east corner of Fort Victoria. The fort was erected by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1843.Erected by Miller, Court & Co. Ltd. For the British Columbia Historical Assn. A.D. 1928
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP8_fort-victoria_Victoria-BC.html
The pavement design near this marks the location of the bastion that stood at the northeast corner of Fort Victoria. From here the stockade ran southward past the gateway at Fort Street, and westward toward the harbour. Each brick within the basti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWOH_percy-leonard-james_Victoria-BC.html
[English]Percy Leonard James was born in London, England, where he trained and first practiced as an architect. In 1908, he settled in Victoria, British Columbia, where he obtained his first commission and practiced his profession until 1954.Mr. J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWOG_salvation-army_Victoria-BC.html
At this sitethe Salvation Army began activities in Victoria, June 26, 1887
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