Discovery Rock
Discovery Rock is a shoal in British Columbia, Canada. Discovery Rock is situated nearby to the neighborhood James Bay, as well as near the locality Victoria-Downtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal British Columbia Museum and Emily Carr House.
Royal British Columbia Museum
Museum
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The Royal British Columbia Museum, founded in 1886, is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year.
Emily Carr House
Museum
Photo: Mattlapointe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Emily Carr House is a National Historic Site located in Victoria, British Columbia. It was the childhood home of Canadian painter Emily Carr, and had a lasting impression on her paintings and writings.
Victoria Centennial Fountain
Fountain
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Victoria Centennial Fountain, also known as Back Fountain or simply Centennial Fountain, is installed outside the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Chinatown.
Victoria
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.
Esquimalt
Town
Photo: Kyle Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and… Esquimalt is situated 3½ km northwest of Discovery Rock.
Discovery Rock
- Type: Shoal
- Category: landform
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.41634° or 48° 24′ 59″ northLongitude
-123.3693° or 123° 22′ 10″ westElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
84WRCJ8J+G7GeoNames ID
5939632
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