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From Vancouver to Victoria need to take a ferry, about
two hours sailing time. This way the scenery is very beautiful, if you're lucky
you can still see the whales.
I do not know how many places called Victoria, and
Victoria's name or relevant in the world. I have described is the capital of
Vancouver, the British Columbia provincial capital of Victoria in Canada.
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The capital of British Columbia, Victoria, it away
from Canada land, on an island. It is said that in order and the United States
to compete for land. Otherwise, the island will be allocated to the United
States from geographically. In order to draw the line, there are many disputes
in the United States and Canada border. Eventually, Victoria became the
territory of Canada. Victoria City was founded in 1862. In 1871, it became the
capital of British Columbia. Provincial council building was built in 1898, its
architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury,
only 25 years old.
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Sculpture in front of the parliament building, it was
Captain George Vancouver, the name of the island comes from her name.
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The Empress Hotel like an ancient castle, which is
located in the center of the most prosperous of Government Street, behind the
Douglas St. This is Francis Mawson Rattenbury another masterpiece, like a
distant fairy tale props.
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It's stepping on the foot of a haven away, once James
Bay. It is still facing the busy Inner Harbour. Over 25000 feet of logs were
thrown into the river into the cornerstone, the vines cover most of its body,
looks some quiet forest, I do not know how to make me think of "Butterfly
Dream", especially in the evening from far and near to it. At this hotel
has 108 years of history, the original construction took 4 years and cost $750
thousand. Designer, the famous architect Francis Mawson
Rattenbury, this city has left many of his marks
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Behind The Empress Hotel is Douglas St. Douglas St is
the main street in Victoria. There are many banks and companies on both sides
of the street. End of the road is Mile Zero. Across the entire Canadian Highway
1 from here. It is the whole over 8000 km through six time zones.
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The starting point of a road, always walk on the road
to a people, there is always a lot of wonderful reverie. It is the starting
point is the end. That milestone, stand in a triangle of lawn, facing the sea,
backed by the end of the street. Walk there, very tired, standing there, it
seems finally returned home.
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Government St in the direction along the north side,
walked a few blocks is the most ancient Chinese town of Canada, perhaps the
smallest one. It is only one street, a few hundred meters long. Located Fisgard
St, between the Government St and Wharf St, as well as arch in the corner.
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Between Pandora St and Fisgard St, that there is a
narrowest street in Canada, it is Fan Tan Alley. It is the year of smuggling,
trafficking in opium and gambling center. Built in 1909, the Chinese school
close by, still functioning, professor of Chinese history and culture courses.
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Sunset to the special late in Victoria, nine o'clock
the sun was reluctant to withdraw from the horizon, the last afterglow left the
harbor a weary serenity. And in the Harbour Inner of the dam, the night is just
beginning, all kinds of artists to show their art.
