Halkett Head
Halkett Head is a headland in British Columbia, Canada. Halkett Head is situated nearby to the neighborhood Chinatown, as well as near Vic West.Places of Interest
Highlights include Johnson Street Bridge and Old Victoria Custom House.
Johnson Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Lorenzorogers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johnson Street Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Victoria Harbour in Victoria, British Columbia. Four known bridges have spanned the narrows between Victoria's Inner Harbour and Upper Harbour, connecting Johnson Street on the east shore with Esquimalt Road on the west shore.
Old Victoria Custom House
Historic building
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Victoria Custom House, also known as the Malahat Building, in Victoria was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking Victoria's harbour, symbolizing the era when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast.
Bay Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bay Centre is a shopping mall in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Douglas, Government, Fort, and View streets, in the city's historic centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Victoria.
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.
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.
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 3 km west of Halkett Head.
Halkett Head
- Type: Headland
- Category: landform
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42794° or 48° 25′ 41″ northLongitude
-123.3726° or 123° 22′ 21″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
84WRCJHG+5XGeoNames ID
5969444
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