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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZSS_victorias-chinatown_Victoria-BC.html
[English]This district, first settled in 1858, is the oldest and most intact Chinatown in Canada, representing an important chapter in the long history and heritage of Chinese Canadians. As the major immigrant port of entry on the west coast in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8G_beacon-hill_Victoria-BC.html
Death, life and happiness are in the story of Beacon Hill. On these headlands, where an ancient race once buried their dead, early settlers erected beacons to guide mariners past dangerous Brotchie Ledge. Here, too, ever since Victoria was founded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8E_beacon-hill-park_Victoria-BC.html
When Victoria was settled in 1843, this area was a natural park. It was reserved in 1858 for a park by Sir James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and given in trust to Victoria by the Province of British Columbia. In 1882 it was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8C_worlds-tallest-totem-pole_Victoria-BC.html
127 Feet, 7 Inches Carved by Mungo Martin · David Martin · Henry HuntDedicated July 2, 1956Percy B. Scurrah, Mayor of VictoriaHon. Ray Williston, Minister of EducationStuart Keate, SponsorRaised by public subscription through the Vic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX89_miss-marilyn-bell_Victoria-BC.html
This cairn commemorates the feat of Miss Marilyn Bell who landed in this bay 23rd August 1956 to become the first woman and first Canadian to swim Juan de Fuca Strait from Port Angeles, U.S.A. to Victoria, Canada
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX87_finlayson-point_Victoria-BC.html
Named after Roderick Finlayson Chief - Factor Hudson's Bay Company at Victoria 1844 - 1872.Before the arrival of white men this was the sit of an ancient fortified Indian Village.A battery of two 64 pound wrought iron rifled guns stood here 1878 -…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX84_emily-carr_Victoria-BC.html
[English]Artist and author Emily Carr was born here and lived most of her life in this neighbourhood of Victoria where she died. Her compelling canvases of British Columbia landscape offer a unique vision of the forest an shore, while her document…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX81_empress-hotel_Victoria-BC.html
[English]This hotel was built between 1904 and 1908, and has since been enlarged twice. The architect, Francis M. Rattenbury, followed the practice of the Canadian Pacific Railway in employing the Chateau style, identifiable by the steep slate roo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7U_journey-for-lives_Victoria-BC.html
In commemoration of Stephen Fonyo's run across Canada to raise money on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society, for cancer education, patient care and research.His "Journey For Lives" covered nearly 8,000 kilometers, starting in St. John's, Newfoun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7T_terry-fox_Victoria-BC.html
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast. An active teenage involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogen…