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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUK_windsor-hotel_Victoria-BC.html
The Windsor Hotel was originally called the Victoria Hotel when it opened in 1858, and boasted the city's first brick building. It still stands across the street from here, with bricks now covered in stucco, at the corner of Government and Courtne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUJ_royal-canadian-navy_Victoria-BC.html
To commemorate the contribution made by ships and men to the naval service of Canada for seventy year since it was founded on 4th May, 1910.Since November, 1910 when H.M.C.S. Rainbow arrived in Esquimalt, ships and men of the R.C.N. have been part…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUI_tsukuba_Victoria-BC.html
13 gun - 1034 tonNaval Cadet Training3 masted screw corvetteCommanded by Capt. Norimichi AiuraImperial Japanese NavyFirst Japanese naval vessel to visit Canadian water 10 June 1880Erected on the occasion of the visit of the Japan Training Squadron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUH_sutros-steam-train_San-Francisco-CA.html
In the early 1880s, three miles of sand dunes separated the developed areas of San Francisco from Lands End, where Adolph Sutro was developing popular seaside attractions - Cliff House, the gardens of Sutro Heights, the seven swimming pools at Sut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSR_navigating-the-golden-gate-bonfires-buoys-and-foghorns_San-Francisco-CA.html
Deep channels make San Francisco's remarkable harbor accessible to immense ships. On the other hand, a narrow entrance, swift currents, high winds, rocks, and fog make navigating the Golden Gate treacherous. Early mariners looked for on-shore bonf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSQ_peoples-of-the-coast-why-did-they-live-here_San-Francisco-CA.html
Alson, Aptos, Carquin, Huchiun, Oljon, Tamien, Matsun, Rumsen, Yelamu ? these are jst a few of the 50 or so Indian tribes that populated the coastal area from Carquinez Strait to south of Monterey Bay. For at least 10,000 years prior to European s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSP_historic-shipwrecks-lost-at-the-golden-gate_San-Francisco-CA.html
Swift tides, treacherous rocks, dense fog, and a narrow harbor entrance have always made San Francisco's coast and port difficult to navigate. Over 300 known vessels have failed to make the passage and sank in the cold, treacherous waters.
One …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWRC_schooner-parallel-blown-to-atoms-1887_San-Francisco-CA.html
The two-masted, 148-ton Parallel left San Francisco for Astoria, Oregon, with a mixed cargo & 42 tons of black powder & dynamite. Capt. W.C. Miller, fought against difficult winds for two days & finally gave up. The abandon-ship order put the 7-ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2Q_roald-amundsen_San-Francisco-CA.html
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to detect the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He left Norway with a crew of six on June 16 of 1903 in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME12_in-memory-of-adolph-sutro_San-Francisco-CA.html
Mining Engineer — Philanthropist — Pioneer Builder in San Francisco. Born April 29, 1830, in Prussia. Came to the United States 1850. Settled in San Francisco 1854. Built Sutro Heights which he presented to San Francisco as a public pa…