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1955::Princess of Vancouver
The Canadian Pacific Railway's new ferry Princess Vancouver between Vancouver and Nanaimo, BC.
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Oct 15, 20212 min read
1863::The Phantom Ships of Race Rocks, Vancouver Island
Out of the fog came three tall ships.
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Sep 13, 20211 min read
1891::A Street Car on Government Street in Victoria, British Columbia
A busy street scene in early Victoria, British Columbia.
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Jul 7, 20211 min read
1901::The Lumber Flumes of British Columbia
Logging the ancient forests of early British Columbia.
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Jun 4, 20212 min read
1957::Beacon Hill Parkway, Victoria, British Columbia
Cutting a new road across Beacon Hill Park to take government traffic away from city core.
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May 20, 20211 min read
1957::New Buses To Service Victoria, British Columbia
New transit buses service Victoria in the days after the streetcars.
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May 17, 20211 min read
1951::Summer's End in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia
A Vancouver Island moment as the sun sets on another island summer.
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Apr 25, 20211 min read
1903-1907::The Shawnigan Lake Suburban Train
For only a few years, a special train carried passengers to Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia.
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Apr 24, 20213 min read
1940::Sunday Morning, A Victoria, British Columbia Moment
Back to a time when the same intersection looked very different.
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Apr 17, 20211 min read
1934::Canada's First Nudist Colony In Sooke, British Columbia
Somewhere in a small wood on Vancouver Island...
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Apr 1, 20213 min read
1922::Buttons Mystery in Cassidy, British Columbia
Buttons go missing. Police are mystified. The case remains unsolved.
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Mar 20, 20212 min read
1937::63.5 lb Salmon Caught Near Victoria, British Columbia's Breakwater
A fish that shocked the world and boosted the tourism industry of Vancouver Island.
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Mar 15, 20211 min read
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