Abkhazi Garden

Abkhazi Garden (HM1F99)

Location: Victoria, British Columbia V8S 1H3 Capital
Country: Canada
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N 48° 24.94', W 123° 19.57'

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The Garden that Love Built

Peggy Pemberton-Carter met Prince Nicholas Abkhazi, in Paris in 1922. Prince Nicholas, the last surviving son of an ancient line of kings of Abkhazia on the Black Sea, had been living there in exile since escaping the Bolshevik Revolution. They found themselves "amiable", taking walks together, visiting galleries and conversing in their common language of French. They kept in touch through correspondence and met occasionally over the next few years. Peggy and her mother lived in various places: England, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Egypt and China.


At the outbreak of World War II, Prince Nicholas joined the French army and was soon captured. Peggy spent the war in captivity in Shanghai. When the war ended, though they had not seen each other since 1933, they made the decision to be together. Peggy met her prince in New York in November 1946, married him and became the Princess Nicholas Abkhazi.


The Prince and Princess settled in Victoria, began to develop their one-acre property and build their home. They continued to improve the garden throughout their forty years together. In 2000, The Land Conservancy purchased the property to preserve the Garden, the legacy of the Abkhazis.
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HM NumberHM1F99
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Placed ByThe Land Conservancy of British Columbia
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Date Added Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 4:34pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10U E 475865 N 5362552
Decimal Degrees48.41566667, -123.32616667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 48° 24.94', W 123° 19.57'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds48° 24' 56.4" N, 123° 19' 34.2" W
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Area Code(s)716
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1966 Fairfield Rd, Victoria British Columbia V8S 1H3, CA
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