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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7S_le-legs-de-la-famille-c_Victoria-BC.html
[French]Les anc?tres de la famille C?t? son arrives au Qu?bec en 1634. En 1945, Joseph Napol?on C?t? et son ?pouse Ida Camille Demers, accompagn de leur fils Joseph Henri C?t? et son ?pouse Anne-Marie Forcade s'establissent ? Victoria.Le famille C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7R_the-bell-tower_Victoria-BC.html
You are standing in Bastion Square. The Hudson's Bay Company, whose legacy continues at the store on Government Street, established Fort Victoria here in 1843.Acting on behalf of the British Columbia Government, the company sold the surrounding la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7Q_boomerang-court-and-chancery-lane_Victoria-BC.html
You are standing in Bastion Square, a public space dating back to the Victorian Era.There are many alleys and walkways to explore, connecting Bastion Square to nearby streets to see the heart of Victoria's Old Town Historical Site.Chancery Lane wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7P_victoria-b-c_Victoria-BC.html
Fort Victoria had its start in 1843, centered on Fort Street and present-day Bastion Square. Most of Victoria's Old Town however was constructed during the great building boom of 1886-1892.
During that period the red-brick character of Victoria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5V_lee-mong-kow_Victoria-BC.html
[Chinese, not transcribed][English]Lee Mong Kow (1863-1924) was born in Panyu County, Guangdong Province, China. As an interpreter in the Canadian Customs House and Immigration Office he helped facilitate communication between Chinese and Western …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5U_dragon-alley_Victoria-BC.html
During this district's boom of 1881 - 1884, sixteen thousand Chinese established themselves within this area of Victoria. Thus emerged six blocks of businesses, theatres, a hospital, schools, churches, temples, opium factories, gambling dens and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5T_chinese-general-store_Victoria-BC.html
For many years the building on the near left side of this photograph (where you are standing) was a Chinese general store. It was taken down in the early 1960s to enlarge the intersection. You can see a streetcar on Johnson Street crossing Governm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5S_fifth-regiment-of-garrison-artillery_Victoria-BC.html
The Fifth Regiment of Garrison Artillery marches down Government Street in December 1915 on their way to the Inner Harbour, where they boarded a steamer to Vancouver. They would join other Canadian troops fighting in Europe in World War I. The tal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5R_wesleyan-methodist-church_Victoria-BC.html
Upon this site stood Pandora Ave. Wesleyan Methodist Church, the corner-stone of which (the first in British Columbia) was laid by His Excellency Governor Sir James Douglas, August 15th 1859.Erected by Metropolitan United Church, Feb. 11, 1934.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX56_mcpherson-playhouse_Victoria-BC.html
Named in Honour of Thomas Shanks McPhersonBorn Airdrie, Scotland, prominent business man, philanthropist and citizen of Victoria for fifty-three years, who died at the age of 89 years on 3rd, December 1962, and under whose will a bequest including…