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An Qcitpost 
 
 OF Empire 
 
 Uicioria, B. €; 
 
 The Tourist and Commercial City of 
 the Canadian Far West 
 
 " The mort beautiful place we hare aeen in our journey araund the worM," 
 
 T. R. H. the Prince and Princeaa of Waka. 
 
 fc-k!!^ «>«▼«' "w anything anywhere to equal the Yiew of the approach to Victoria 
 harhour on U,e eveamg of one ol the moat periect day. in my^^/' 
 
 Member of British Editor.' Delegation. Interriew ViM^ree Prea* 
 a. jmS^l^.^^^"""^^^' rich mine., r.., fo„^, ^4 .«^„ ^^ 
 
 !irJ? H^ ^°*^ "^^ ^' «~''*^' ^«^ ^^^ ^^ Maritime trade i. 
 aure to become an increawng mmitcc of wealth," 
 
 Another member of the Mmc party in the eame new^aper. 
 
 " In Victoria i. reached the real outlet to the Orient." 
 
 Frank Leigh in Montreal Herald. 
 
 U, fh^JH^J'^'^ •**7*^ '**«*'• *» «rf •« 4« citie. that hare been riaited 
 In tfa« courae of thi. k,^ Royal progre» the lair capital of BritiA ColumWa^In, to 
 u*J^ '^J^ *5 BngUJuaan wouM mo« gtaSy make hi. homT^ TT ft 
 k thi. comW«atk« <rf rich wild country and old4«hiooed BngliahSL. that mak«^ 
 
 •ny^ city hare I aeen ««h a gkiry of lkm.« a. ««rouoded each of theae torej 
 
 E F. Knight, GMTc^ondent London Morning Poet. 
 
 Fim-FIFTH THOUSmO. PRICE 25 CEITS. 
 
 Compikd far the Touriat Aa«>ciation, by Heri>ert Cuthbert, Secretarr. 
 
 1905. 
 
Picturesque Victoria 
 
 8. 5. "Bnvtr," 
 fl-tt stcamur on Pacific 1835. 
 
 
 THC MOST INTERC8TINO CITY 
 ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 
 
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 HE beautiful city of Victoria, the 
 
 most western city on the conti- 
 
 nent of America, the Pacific 
 
 gateway to the Great Dominion 
 
 of Canada, and the Capital of 
 
 3ritish Columbia, is acknowledged to 
 
 be the leading Tourist and health 
 
 resort of the Pacific North West, 
 
 Situated 6,000 miles away from the 
 
 Old Land, whence many of the lead- 
 
 mg cmzens first came, "an out-post of Empire" standing sentinel 
 
 Emli e'^it^T /"""'f " "' """• ^"'^ ^"^^'^'"^ '"« threshold of h 
 Emp.re , self .t .s the one city that becomes pre-eminently inter! 
 estmg to all tourists who visit the Pjcific Coast. 
 
 CHARMINGLY SITUATED. 
 
 its „!T''h"' 'r ^''''"■'" '' '" '^' ^'^P''"*' ""'^ »° ^'-"a'Ja. because of 
 .ts nava and m.htary strength, its position as the first port entered by aU 
 steamships trom Australia. China, .and the Orient, its laree and 
 vaned commercial and industrial |^enterprises. and as Sal of 
 he largest and richest of the Cana- ^ dian Provinces." is o'f more 
 than ordinary interest to strangers k v and, is none the less so 
 because It happens to be one of the /f \ ^,,, charm ng,; 
 
 * a. "CmprtM f,tJ,p»n" trrlel^ /, VM^, Hurbtu, fnm Cklm. 
 
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situated c.t,M in the world. Victoria, tht Pacific terminus of the Can- 
 adian Pacific system in Canada, has a population of nearly 30.000 and 
 occupies an ideal situation at the extreme southern tnd of Vancouver 
 sland. within a few hours sail of the Mainland of British Columbia and 
 the Ln.ted States. On the south and west are the Straits of J«„n de 
 Fuca a, i the Pacific Ocean, and on the east lies that magnificent inland 
 «ea. the Gulf of Georgia, which, with its wealth of picturesque islands, 
 out-nvals the more widely known Thousand Isles. 
 
 Mm Inulng 
 
 8. S. Prlneut Victoria oit Utr way to Victoria. 
 
 HOW TO REACH VICTORIA. 
 
 The Canadian Pacific Railway's new steamer Princess Victoria the 
 fastest steamer on the Pacific Ocean, and most palatial craft in the coast, 
 ing business m the world, connects with the Company's Atlantic Express 
 every day and with the "Imperial Limited," at Vancouver, and after "a 
 glorious sail of four hours across the Gulf of Georgia and the Straits of 
 Juan de Fuca, lands the tourist in Victoria in time for dinner. 
 
 This Company also operates the new steamer Princess Beatrice 
 one of the staunchest and best equipped steamers on the coast, built lasi 
 year in Victoria at a cost of $300,000, between Victoria and Seattle con- 
 nectmg daily with the Transcontinental Express Trains of the Northern 
 Pacific and Great Northern Railways, and a delightful trip is enjoyed alonir 
 the waters of Puget Sound and the Straits, very similar to the sail from 
 Vancouver to Victoria. In summer there is a double daily service with 
 Seattle, the Alaska S. S. Co. also operating a line of steamers between 
 Victoria and Sound cities. 
 
fnfranc* VIcttrIa Harbwr. 
 
 on. J*" ""Tu P*""'"'*'"'' «" y"" «PP>-"«'^h this queen of summer resort, i, 
 
 be :UhVh°e m T''"- '"'* "^^^ °' *'' ■'•'"^'''•' ^"'^''-^^'•' ^ »'« -^X 
 linU If I •"''^r'^'' ''""•'■•y throughout which he passes along the 
 imes of railway leaUmg to Victoria, always rests with wonder and 
 
 dehght upon this panorama of emerald.lii<e ocean, 
 
 usually as smooth as polished glass, verdure 
 
 clad isles and snow-capped mountains, spread 
 
 ^ beneath a canopy of azure blue sky, fringed 
 
 with fleecy clouds, as the steamer glides 
 
 noiselessly«owards this city of the golden 
 
 West. 
 
 A CITY OF HOMES. 
 
 The combination of bold and pictur- 
 jesque country with old-fashioned Knglish 
 I homes, their beautiful gardens and air of 
 Icomfort and contentment, makes Vic- 
 toria a delightful residential city. The 
 
 that the Lieutenant-Governor of the 
 
 Qiiitlimtiu' PrImU Oardent, Vlttaria 
 
Province, the Admiral of 
 risen, and many retired 
 city, insures a number 
 mansions and handsome 
 ted all over the city in 
 situations, surrounded 
 of flora! beauty that is 
 tion of all visitors. 
 
 the Fleet, the Military Commander of the (iar- 
 
 naval and military oHicers are residents of the 
 
 of very pleasini; society functions. Statelv 
 
 '"■^■■^ villas are dot- 
 
 picturesque 
 
 with a wealth 
 
 the admira- 
 
 business in 
 North, or who 
 are them- 
 selves com- 
 pelled tospend 
 much of their 
 time away 
 from home, 
 especially in 
 hot or cold repons, find 
 Victoria an excellent 
 city in which to leave 
 their families. There 
 is an admirable free 
 school system, and 
 the cost of living is 
 lower than in any 
 other city on the coast. 
 
 A CLIMATE VOID 
 OF EXTREMES. 
 
 Victoria has a climate devoid 
 
 I I of extremes of heat or cold, 
 
 [J and much similar to that of 
 
 the south of England. There 
 
 are practically but two sea- 
 
 . sons, spring and fall ; zero weather, 
 
 sunstrokes and prostrations from 
 
 the heat are afflictions only known 
 
 to Victorians through newspaper 
 
 reports from other parts of the 
 
 world. 
 
 The moderate temperature of the 
 ac^e, I. tM, Part. a^»om, Victoria >,on,e,. «*mmer seasou makes Victoria the 
 
 . . ''^^oi ptace /or holiday seekers. Her 
 
 proxim.ty to the Pacific Ocean and the Japan current fiowi„K past her 
 
 S 
 
¥l»m fnm «mI* »/ tlttarla Harbour 
 
 «hore«, keep the temperature of the winter above freczinif. Durinc the 
 summer months the prevailing winds are from the southwest, which 
 pa.s.nn over the snow-capped Olympic Mountains and the Straits of Juan 
 de huca. are comfortably tempered before reachinj; the City of Victoria. 
 Victoria has the least rainfall and the most sunshine of any city on the 
 aafic coast north of San Francisco. The rainfall in summer is particu- 
 larly hght as shown by the following table supplied by the Dominion Gov- 
 ernment Meteorological Office : 
 
 MEMORANDA OF RAINFALL 
 
 (In inches) for Victoria. Vancouver. Isew Wes'tminster. Seattle and Tacoma 
 durmg May. June. July. August and September, for the years ,900. .90, 
 and 1902, \n each year : ^^ 
 
 Victoria.. - . 4,3 inches 
 
 Vancouver. . . 1^.8 " 
 
 New Westminster. 14.6 •' 
 
 Seattle. Wash., - 7.65 " . ' 
 
 Tacoma. " - 8.59 " 
 
 No day is so hot as 10 be uncomfortable, and no night so warm as to 
 warrant d.scarding the blanket. The thermometer rarely register^ eve^ 
 on the hottest days In summer, over 80°. To t hose who desfre to es«pe 
 
 Mount Baktr from Oak Bag. 
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from the enervating heat o( the 
 middle and euNtern States, Victoria's 
 pleastant oummer dayN. soft sun- 
 shine, and bracing bree/es offer 
 health to the body and repose to the 
 mind. 
 
 The winter climate is the 
 most moderate in Canada, the 
 averajje lowest temperature 
 for the last three years beinjf 40 . 
 
 SCENIC ATTRACTIONS. 
 
 The Prince and Princess of Wales said of Victoria 11 kk.i : •• h is the 
 most beautiful city we have seen in our trip ar.nnul the world." Iho thiU.- 
 sands o( visitors, who 
 
 Victnrifi Humtt. 
 
 pass throuifh the citv ■■ . 
 
 -r-l • annually, bear out this 
 
 testimony. They all agree that Victoria's scenic attractions are unex- 
 celled anywhere, and cannot be equalled in the west. Her situation is an 
 Ideal one. presentmg an enchanting pan.irama of changing beauty, rocky 
 
 shore line and sandy bay, snow-covered 
 mountain heights and undulating 
 plains, peaceful lakes and lagoons 
 and rushing rivers. From Bea- 
 con Hill Park can be seen on 
 one hand the rugged, snow- 
 clad Olympians, and on the 
 other, rising proudly away in 
 the distance beyond the island- 
 studded Straits of Juan 
 de Fuca, the lordlv 
 
Mount Baker. 
 Space will not per- 
 mit an adequate 
 description of the 
 gorgeous sunsets, 
 the radiance of a 
 moonlight night on 
 
 the surround- 
 ing waters, 
 the varied and 
 glowing wealth 
 of the vege- 
 ta^ion, nor 
 the wild 
 beauty of the 
 mountains 
 as seen from 
 Victoria. 
 Few peo- 
 ple on the 
 American 
 continent 
 realize what 
 magnificent scenery 
 there is on the Pacific 
 coast, undoubtedly the 
 "show ground of 
 America." 
 
 A TRIP TO VICTORIA EQUALS 
 A FOREIGN TOUR. 
 
 Victoria has all the appear- 
 ance of an English city. Its insti- 
 tutions, buildings, clubs, homes, 
 manners and customs, are of 
 English character. The city has 
 not the hustling business methods 
 of Chicago, nor the nerve-destrov- 
 
 ing habits of New York.' Conservative business methods, health 
 happmess and contentment, are the features identified with Victoria' 
 Ctizens of the United States visiting Victoria, with its quaint home.' 
 
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Som* Ohurclui mud Stkeolt, ¥letarlm, B. C. 
 
and streets, pictur- 
 esque surroundings, 
 and British institu- 
 tions, may imagine 
 themselves for the 
 time being enjoying 
 a tour in the British 
 Isles. 
 
 As a Health 
 Ratort the city 
 has earned for 
 itself a very en- 
 viable reputa- 
 tion. Ofcourse 
 it is not one of 
 those cities to 
 which people 
 
 are sent, suffer- 
 ing from every 
 
 complaint known 
 
 to man, but for 
 
 people run 
 
 down through 
 
 over work, or 
 
 suffering from ner 
 
 vous prostration 
 
 account of mental worry, 
 
 or because of living in high altitudes, 
 
 there is no city in which such speedy 
 
 and effectual relief will be found as in 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 Feui 
 Knidences, 
 Park Views 
 and a 
 eilmfise of 
 Victoria. 
 
 AS A PLEASURE RESORT. 
 
 The combination of beautiful scenery, lovely situation, perfect climate 
 homelike residences and picturesque drives makes Victoria a perfect vaca- 
 tion resort, there ar e so many forms of recreation open to residents and 
 
 visitors. Few places can 
 boast of more advantages 
 in this respect than the city 
 of Victoria. 
 
 The out door life is par- 
 ticularly charming. From 
 the 15th of May, almost 
 right up to Christmas, most 
 
 Swummtnt Strett, Looking Hortli. 
 
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The GulfLlKlu at Oat Uy, 
 CamplHf ant Btuch 
 Satmi. 
 
 of the usual sum- 
 mer sports may 
 be indulged in, 
 with full enjoy- 
 ment^ while the num- 
 erous sea beaches 
 round the city affords 
 ide^l recreation 
 grounds for young 
 children, and in the 
 long summer days are 
 crowded with little 
 people and their parents or nurses. 
 
 ATHLETIC AND FIELD SPORTS. 
 
 Laorona, of course, is the Canadian national 
 Igame and there has been, for many years, an ex- 
 cellent team in Victoria. 
 
 ■uebtil during recent years has become a great favorite with the 
 young men of the city, and as a result we can boast of one of the best 
 amateur teams in the West. 
 
 Lawn TmmI« is played very e. 
 .the residences have 
 private courts, 
 
 CamplHg tt Oak Bay. 
 
 /ely in Victoria. 
 
while the Victoria Lawn Tennis Club has most excellent courts, club 
 house, etc., in the centre of the city. This club is open to visitors upon 
 terms that are as liberal and as reasonable as could well be made with a 
 due regard to the welfare of its members. 
 
 Th« CoH Linht at Oak Bay are considered as fine and are as beauti- 
 fully situated as any links on the continent. They are leased by the 
 Victoria Golf Club and, like the tennis club, visitors are allowed to use 
 them upon very liberal terms. 
 
 fti»al» Ttimit 
 Toiiri>amt<it, ¥Morta, 
 Critktt Mateh m 
 Haual QnuHdi, 
 Vlttorlm. 
 
 latmii Mtteli, 
 
 CultdoHla Onumlt, 
 
 ¥tttttla, Oalf at Ouk 
 
 Buy LlHkt, Vlftwiu. 
 
 The naval and military officers 
 have also some fine links at Macau- 
 lay point, so that Victoria is a centre 
 of a large circle of golf enthusiasts. The 
 Imks at Oak Bay are open summer and winter with the exception of the 
 month of August. 
 
 Cricket being the national game of England, and Victoria being essen- 
 tially English in its tastes and tendencies, several cricket clubs are main- 
 tained, who play in the spacious public park. The officers of the Garrison 
 
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at Work Point and the officers of the' Navy at Esquimalt 
 each keep a cricket ground in splendid condition. 
 
 ■oating and Yaehting are indulg^ed in very freely by 
 both residents and visitors, and it is safe to say that no 
 where on the continent are there greater facilities for 
 perfect enjoyment of this pastime than in and around 
 Victo.ia. At the present time the senior four-oared (.< 
 crew of the James Bay Athletic Association of Victoria ^-^ 
 ^ holds the championship for the Pacific Northwest. Every 
 
 year on the occasion of the celebration of Victoria Day on the 24th of 
 May, kept in honor of that great and good woman, Queen Victoria, 
 after whom the city is named, a monster regatta is held in which the 
 Naval and Military Forces and the citizens generally, take part. 
 The Yacht Club also holds races at this celebration. 
 
 VICTORIA'S SEA BEACHES. 
 
 With a frontage of about fifteen miles upon the waters 
 of the Pacific it is not surprising that there should be many 
 lovely beaches around the city. One of these is at Oak 
 Bay, a delightful spot overlooking broad waters, sinuous 
 straits, timbered islands and headlands. The links of the 
 Vi iria Golf Club are at Oak Bay and some fine Athletic 
 Grounds and Bicycle Race Track. The Bay is reached 
 easily by electric cars. Space prevents a de- 
 scription of Cadbcro Bay and Cordova Bay (charm- 
 ing spots with fine sandy beaches), Gordon Head 
 and RcNeal's beaches all within easy distance of 
 the city. Foiri Bay is a most delightful resort for bath- 
 ing and the Tourist Association hopes to have spacious 
 dressing rooms provided during the season 1905, that 
 will enable residents and visitors to thoroughly enjoy 
 bathing on this fine sandy beach. 
 
 MAGNIFICENT DRIVING AND CYCLING. 
 
 Victoria has always been famous for its beautiful 
 
 suburban drives and its splendid country roads. 
 
 Writing of his impressions of Victoria, E. F. 
 
 Knight, corres- 
 pondent of the 
 London Morn- 
 ing Post, said 
 of Victoria's 
 drives : 
 
 "Some drives 
 and walks 
 
i 
 
 which I took in tht neighborhood of the city during my stay gave me a full 
 explanation of why this is a place so beloved of the British." 
 
 ••The country immediately outside the town is singularly beautiful, the 
 undulating promontory upon which the city stands being covered with 
 woods of pine and fir and a lovely wild jungle of arbutus, roses, flowering 
 pushes of many varieties, and Englis h broom, which, since it was imported 
 
 ' ' here, has spread all over the more 
 
 open country, so that it is ablaze 
 with golden blossom for a great 
 portion of the year. In the spring 
 and summer there is an extraordi- 
 nary abundance of beautiful wild 
 flowers, and in the autumn all the 
 vegetation is aglow with tints vivid 
 or mellow, and amid this pleasant 
 bocage, skirt- 
 little bays and 
 of the pro- 
 are scat- 
 delight- 
 of the for- 
 izens of 
 the pro- 
 men, the 
 the re- 
 ofthe 
 
 ing the 
 headlands 
 montory, 
 tered the 
 ful homes ' 
 tunate cit- 
 Victoria — 
 fessional 
 merchants, 
 tired soldieri 
 Empire." 
 
 city miH 
 Suburban 
 Orlim. 
 
 PLACES OF INTEREST IN 
 AND AROUND VICTORIA. 
 
 The Pariiaffltnt Bulldiiif 
 is acknowledged to be one 
 the handsomest and most im- 
 posing structures on the conti- 
 nent. It is one of the first sights to 
 
 catch the visitor's eye as he enters the harbour of Victoria. It stands 
 amid spacious and beautifully kept lawns, the vivid green of which testifies 
 to the mildness of the climate. 
 
 II. 
 
 H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, speaking at the Royal Academy May 
 190a. said: "The splendid Pariiament Buildings of Ottawa, and 
 
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H.U. WtrSMnat 
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 Victoria British Columbia, are indeed worthy examples of architectural 
 desig'tiii. 
 
 In the Parliament Buildings there are three distiiict Museums, namely, 
 in the Agrncultural Department, the Mines Department, and in a wing solely 
 devoted to this purpose, what is known as the Provincial Museum, this latter 
 contains a most interesting collection of British Columbia fossils. Indian 
 curios and specimens of natural history, said by experts to be the most 
 perfect collection of its kind in America. 
 
 THE EMPIRE'S NAVAL STATION AND WARSHIPS. 
 
 The North Pacific depot of !iis Majesty's na vy is situated within four 
 
 miles of Victoria and connected by I 
 
 electric cars. This is Great Britain's 
 Gibraltar of the Pacific. The har- 
 bour is, of course, a magnificent one, 
 and the scenery around it, is excep- 
 tionally bold and interesting. There 
 are always some of the fast cruisers 
 and torpedo boat destroyers of Great 
 ■ Britain's navy in port and visitors are 
 not only allowed on board, but are 
 shown every civility by attendants. 
 Visitors are always delighted with a 
 day spent in and around this quaint 
 and strangely beautiful naval village. 
 
 At Maouilai Mnt, at the en- 
 trance to Victoria harbour, is situ- 
 ated tiM atrongMt Fort on tiM NoMo. 
 Behind these innocent-looking, 
 
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Race Rocka LlghlhouM, th« Snn Juan Ulands. Clover Point (where Cap. 
 tHin Vancouver landed in 179J), the Soolce Mountaina. etc. This park 
 contain* zoological gardens, large recreation ground*, splendid old uaks, 
 pretty flowering ehrube, gr aeey atretchea and meadowa, ahady walka and 
 
 *>«■"**'"' "" ■ ^ ^^— ■ — lakes inhabited by gold fiah and by 
 
 stately a wans and other water 
 fowl. 
 
 THE lEAUTIFUL 60RIE. 
 
 This is a natural 
 
 curiosity, where 
 
 a huge volume 
 
 of water 
 
 dashes 
 
 at Niagara speed 
 through a narrow 
 channel, alternating in 
 direction according to the 
 change of the tide. The Vic- 
 toria Arm, a splendid stretch of 
 water and a continuation 
 of Victoria harbour, 
 leads to the Gor^e. Its 
 beautifully wooded banks 
 and promontories dotted 
 with charming residences 
 form a picture of rare 
 beauty. Boating and pic- • 
 nic parties enjoy them- 
 selves here to their heart's content. A steam launch hourly service from the 
 city to the Gorge was inaugurated last year for the convenience of tourists. 
 The arm extends three miles beyond the Gorge and is very beautiful. 
 
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ImH, I, 4 H. Kg, imr VhHrtt. 
 
 CNJOVABLC SIDE TRIPS. 
 
 Th« pleasure of a vacation is vtrjr much enhanced if one is able 
 to vary a viitit to a city by short excursions into the counti^, and 
 there are few places that afford better facilities for such interesting 
 and enjoyable outinips than Victoria. The country round the city is 
 dotted with 
 villaf;e« and 
 hotels that re- 
 mind one of 
 "Old Eng. 
 land " just as 
 much as does 
 the city itself. 
 Manyofthene 
 are along the 
 line of the 
 Esquimau and 
 NanaimoRail' 
 wny, which 
 runs north alH>ut 
 So miles to Na- 
 naimo through 
 one of the most 
 picturesque pieces of 
 country in the West. 
 Parson's Bridge, 
 Goldstream, Shawni 
 gan Lake, Koksilah, 
 Cowichan Lake, 
 Duncans, etc., 
 are all favorite re- 
 sorts where ex- 
 cellent hotels are 
 found. The 
 Strathcona Hotel 
 at Shawnigan 
 Lake is one of 
 the most popular. 
 
 Every week-end large numbers df the residents of Victoria take a short 
 vacation .t this or some other point along the line, where excellent fishing 
 and shooting are to be had, and where the nat>*<-al beauties of the country 
 can be quietly, but none the less thoroughly enjoyed. For the convenience 
 and pleasure of tourists who wish to visit these charming country and lake- 
 :;ide resorts, the management of the railway company has inaugurated, a 
 double daily service and issued special round trip excursion tickets at 
 greatly reduced fares. 
 
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WITH RIFLE AND 8HOTQUN. 
 
 The touring sportsman whose chief joy in life is his love for the crack 
 of his own rifle or gun will find Victoria an ideal base of operations. Large 
 
 j^^^^SS^^f^S^^^g^^^B^^. ^"^ ^'"^" game abound within 
 ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^"""^ easy reach of the city. Of 
 
 course it is not usual for a large 
 black beitir to walk into the 
 streets of the city looking for 
 trouble, yet it is only a few years 
 ago that one of these shaggy 
 gentlemen was bagged within 
 the city limits and several bears 
 have been shot on the roads 
 leading to Sidney, Sooke and 
 other near-by places. At the 
 points already mentioned along 
 the Esquimalt and Nanaimo 
 Railway there is excellent small 
 game shooting, particularly 
 black tail deer, pheasant, grouse 
 and quail, while duck and geese 
 shooting both in the salt lagoons 
 and fresh water lakes is most 
 excellent. For big game it is 
 necessary 
 to go fur- 
 ther into 
 the inter- 
 ior of the 
 Island, 
 but not 
 very far, 
 and the 
 places are 
 easy of 
 access, 
 where 
 bear, 
 
 pknther and elk are plentiful. By a recent amendment of the Game Law 
 exportation of trophies is permissible. 
 
SALMON AND TROUT FISHING. 
 
 The lover of sport is rarely disappointed with his visit to Victoria. 
 Few places on the continent afford a chance to land a 70-pound salmon 
 with hook and line, and Victoria is one of those few places. 
 
 The many beautiful lakes and streamsreferred toin thisbook, reached, 
 
 on the wheel, or after a short but charm- 
 
 Sport 
 
 alang 
 
 £.AN. 
 
 Railway 
 
 Ktar 
 
 ¥ietorla. 
 
 ing drive 
 over good 
 roads, which 
 adds much to the en- 
 joyment of the outing, 
 or by taking the 
 morning train, afford 
 every opportunity for the angler 
 to indulge in this favorite sport ; 
 and within an hour or two after 
 leaving the city he will be 
 able to make his "cast" 
 at one of the numerous 
 resorts that readily 
 yield 25 trout to the 
 boat. One gentleman, 
 who does not claim to 
 be an expert, landed 
 with a fly 255 pounds 
 of trout on Cowichan ■ 
 Lake in three days, 
 while another had a 
 catch with a spoon of 
 89 pounds in one day. 
 Salmon trolling is to 
 * be had for those who 
 
 care for it. This excellent fishing for all kinds of brook and lake trout, 
 salmon and black bass is absolutely free to all who wish to try their luck. 
 
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Information as to where the 
 best kind of fishing is to be ob- 
 tained during each month of the 
 year, and the kind of fly to use, 
 
 will be cheerfully - . 
 
 given to visitors 
 by the Tourist 
 Association 
 at their 
 office. 
 
 A Pros- 
 perous Farm- 
 ing Section 
 extends all 
 along this 
 Rail way. 
 At Duncans, 
 Cowichan and other set- 
 tlements are to be found 
 some most excellent 
 farms and ranches, in the 
 hands of a very desirable 
 class of English settlers. 
 
 There are few places 
 where country life is 
 more enjoyable than in 
 tl is section. The coun- 
 try is nicely settled, there 
 
 are good schools, excel- 
 
 lent sport of all kinds, good society and the people are prosperous. The 
 farms that are most valuable to-day were not so very long ago purchased 
 
 Coivlchan 
 lake anil 
 River, 
 along 
 £. AN. 
 Railway, 
 near 
 Victoria. 
 
 
 The Smelfr, Orcfton, near Vletorla, B. C. 
 
^■^^ 
 
 »s 
 
from the Railway Company at from $i.oo to $5.00 per acre. Farming 
 is only one of the industries that is to be found along this line, but it is an 
 important one, and will probably be referred to again. " 
 
 Tlw Lumber Milia and Logging Camp at Chemainut comprise one of the big- 
 gest plants of this kind in the world. The lumber is exported to all parts, 
 and in many countries is the standard that must be reached by all compet- 
 ing mills. 
 
 Coppar and Cold Mining at 'Mount Sicker has, within the past four years 
 
 become of the utmost importance to this 
 Lenora and the Tyee mines have in 
 evolved from the merest prospects into 
 and are now turning out between 
 
 district and to Victoria. The 
 this short space of time 
 valuable shipping mines, 
 them, about 600 tons of 
 high grade copper- 
 gold ore per day. 
 This output is 
 gradually increas- 
 ng and the other 
 prospects in the 
 district are begin- 
 ning to look ex- 
 ceedingly good 
 to their owners. 
 Two new cus- 
 tom smelters 
 have been built 
 in the district to 
 handle the 
 valuable 
 
 S. S. Strathcona of 
 tht ¥. T. A S. R'y 
 among the famouM 
 lilanda of tht Gulf 
 of Oeorgia, near 
 Victoria. 
 
 ores of 
 these mines, 
 .one in connec- 
 tion with the Tyee mine, has been built 
 at Ladysmith, and is treating about 
 3cr tons per day, while at Crofton a 
 brand new town of several hundred 
 inhabitants has sprung into being, and 
 a smelter capable of treating 700 tons of ore per day, is treating the ores 
 from the Lenora mines. 
 
 a6 
 
Farming Sctiiei near ¥lctorla 
 OK t** ¥. T. t 8. Halluiay. 
 
 This mining industry is only in its infancy so far <is Victoria district is 
 concerned. There has been no boom nor anything in the nature of one, 
 but the progress has been phenomenal, and in a few years it will create a 
 world-wide interest. Its effect upon farming in the district has been 
 immense, as it provides a ready market for all their produce at good prices. 
 
 Coal mining is also one of the most important industries along the 
 E. & N. Railway, some of the largest mines in America being situate at 
 Nanaimo, Extension, Wellington and Ladysmith. 
 
 THE ISLANDS OF THE GULF. 
 
 The E. & N. is not the only railway running out of Victoria. The 
 Victoria Terminal and Sidney Railway runs through the oldest and richest 
 and one of the most beautiful farming sections around the city, North and 
 Soutl. Saanich, and connects with its own steamers at Sidney. The 
 steamers give a daily service to Crofton, the new smelting centre, Salt 
 
Spring Island, Nanaimo, and several of the famous islands of the Gulf of 
 Georg^ia. To take the morning train out of Victoria, the connecting 
 steamer at Sidney, for Crofton and the Islands, returning the same day is 
 one of the most beautiful excursions by rail and sea in the world. This 
 superb trip is said to be superior to the one among the Thousand Islands 
 of the St. Lawrence. Certain it is that those who take it never regret or 
 forget it. Special excursions are often arranged in summer by the Victoria 
 Terminal and Sidney Railway, and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, 
 on their comfortable steamers. 
 
 A Victoria 
 
 Fruit 
 
 Farm. 
 
 FRUIT GROWING AROUND VICTORIA 
 
 is going to have a considerable influence upon the population and business 
 of the city and District. The soil and climate are particularly suitable to 
 the culture of many of the varieties of fruit most in demand, and as there 
 IS an immense market in the North-west and also in Australia and New 
 Zealand, this industry is likely to be very profitable to those who embark 
 in It. That it can be carried on close to a city with such residential quali- 
 fications as Victoria is one of its most desirable advantages to those who 
 have some means, and wish to increase them, in a pleasant and lucrative 
 occupation. The industry has long since passed the experimental stage 
 and IS now on a firm basis. The Government of the Province, through its 
 Horticultural Department, will assist intending settlers with practical in- 
 formation upon all matters pertaining to fruit culture. 
 
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Yoniig Fruit Tntt In Bloitom ami In Fruit, Victoria, B. C. 
 
 29 
 
Yanl$. riettrl: 
 
 DAIRY FARMING ANO POULTRY RAISINQ. 
 
 There is no district in British Columbia, or on the Pacific Coast, where 
 dairy and poultry raising can be carried on under better conditions or more 
 profitably than in the Victoria District. There is an excellent market for 
 all products of this nature that can be raised, at good prices. 
 
 There is no difficulty in^ obtaining improved farms within a few miles 
 ORiofthtSixShifbuiidi^ of the city, in exceptionally beautiful locations, at 
 reasonable figures. 
 
 AN IMPORTANT SEA PORT. 
 
 Victoria is not only a tourist city but one of the 
 great ports of the Dominion of Canada. The 
 amount of tonnage entering the harbour in 
 1903 was 1,557,007, making the city the third 
 port in Canada. Naturally this has a con- 
 siderable effect upon the nature of the busi- 
 ness done in Victoria. It is the first and last 
 port of call for the steamers for China, Japan, 
 Australia, Honolulu, and all U. S. ports. 
 Passengers for China should wait for their 
 steamer at Victoria. Shipbuilding is one of 
 the most important industries. There are no 
 less than six ship yards in and around the 
 city, in addition to some large iron works 
 and engineering shops. Several of these are 
 putting in extensive bridge building plants, 
 one of them having just completed the con- 
 struction of a handsome steel and concrete 
 bridge at Point Ellice in the city, 
 at a cost of 
 $100,000. 
 
 OliektrflHf Wktat mt tin Mlll$. Vhtorla HatbtKr. 
 
AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTRE. ' 
 
 Space will not permit of an adequate description of the induMrieN trib- 
 utary to Victoria. Copper and jfold mining on Vancouver Island brinjf 
 considerable business to Victoria, as it is the natural base of supplies, and 
 most of the ^^^^^^H^^^M^^^^^ owners of the mines reside here. 
 Some ^^■^^^^^■■HH^^^^B^^^ of the largest firms in 
 
 British Columbia hand- 
 ling mining supplies 
 and farm imple- 
 ments have their 
 
 The Staling FItet 
 at aiKhor 
 Victoria Harbour. 
 
 headquarters in 
 Victoria. Lum- 
 bering, farm- 
 ing and fruit 
 growing all 
 contribute 
 to the trade 
 
 Ct/urtlng Lumbtr 
 froir milt, 
 Victoria Harbour. 
 
 Ottam Dacha, Victoria Hmrbour. 
 
 of the city, 
 which is also 
 the home port 
 of the Cana- 
 dian sea! hunt- 
 ing fleet. 
 Many of the 
 largest sal- 
 mon canneries 
 are opr'ated 
 from Victoria. 
 
 For upwards of half a century Victoria has been the leading commer- 
 <:ial centre of the province, and her history has largely been the history of 
 Briti.sh Columbia. 
 
 3« 
 
THI FOUNDATIONS OF THE CITY 
 
 were laid in the forties when the Hudson's Bay Co. established a fort first 
 called Fort Comosum, then Fort Albert and afterwards Fort Victoria It 
 was at Victoria that the miners camped when bound for the Fraser river in 
 the 508. It was here that the terms of Confederation were approved and 
 the great undertaking of building the C. P. R. through to the coast first 
 mooted. It was from here that the first Canadian ships sailed for the 
 Klondike, a few years ago, and to-day most of the trade is done from here. 
 The stores 0/ Victoria are as large as those of cities three times its size, 
 and It IS the cheapest place on the coast in which to •• shop." 
 
 CHURCHM, SOCIETIES AND CLUBS. 
 
 Victoria has a church of almost every denomination, while all the 
 Fraternal and Friendly Societies are represented. There are three or four 
 very good social clubs, and one of the finest amateur athletic clubs in the 
 west. The public schools are a credit to this or any other city and enjoy 
 the confidence of the people. There are also several fine private colleges. 
 Those desiring a high class musical training can secure it in Victoria. 
 
 HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. 
 
 Victoria has as good hotel accommodation as any other city of its size 
 in Canada. There are also a large number of excellent private boarding 
 houses. Hotel rates range from $1.50 to $5.00 per day, American plan. 
 Boarding houses from $1.00 to $2. 50 per day. TJM CMadian PacHio Railway 
 will buiM imnwdiatoly in the heart of the city, overlooking the picturesque 
 harbour, OM of tin flRMt IwMt on tiio oontimnt, and when this is built Victoria 
 will be the finest convention city in Canada or on the Pacific Coast. 
 
 VISITORS ARE WELCOMED. 
 ly «!• Touritt Anoeiation at their offices and Free Bureau of Information, 
 34 Fort St., where mail can be addressed. Every visitor is invited to call. 
 
 This Association is a voluntary organization of business men, sup- 
 ported by their own subscriptions, for the purpose of making the attractions 
 of Victoria known to those in search of health and pleasure, and also for 
 the purpose of making all strangers feel at home in the city. 
 
 Tlia Buroau of Informatioii is established for the benefit of visitors and is 
 absolutely free in every respect. Its conveniences include large reading 
 and writing room, with all time tables, etc., ladies and men's cloakrooms. 
 OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
 Presiuent— G. H. Itarnard, Mayor of the City of Victoria. 
 VICE-PRKSIDENTS-S. J. Pitts. President of Board of Trade ; F. VV. Vincent. 
 Executive Committek-B. S. Oddy (A'lderman), W. J. Hanna (Alderman), Anton Hen- 
 derson, B. S. Heisterman, J. L. BecUwith, H. B. Thomson and J. E. Wilson. 
 Hon. Treasurer: Skcrbtarv : 
 
 E. C. Smith. Herbert Cuthbert. 
 
 The Printing and LithoKraphing <rf thi« book «.. done by the Coloniit Printjog and PuUi^ing Co.. Ltd 
 Victorui, and the maionty of the half tone, are from the B. C. Photo.Engrav"ng Co.. VirtorU; b!c 
 

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