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Victoria Inner Harbour Seaplane Base

Victoria Inner Harbour Airport or Victoria Harbour Water Airport is located in , adjacent to , , Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Transport Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “CYWH”, “Victoria Harbour Water Aerodrome”, “Victoria Harbour, British Columbia”, “Victoria Inner Harbour Airport”, “Victoria Inner Harbour SPB”, and “YWH”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal British Columbia Museum and Old Victoria Custom House.

Museum
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The , founded in 1886, is a history museum in , , 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.

Historic building
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The , also known as the Malahat Building, in was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking , symbolizing the era when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast.

Memorial
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in , , was completed in 1913 and designated a historic building in 1992. The roundhouse has been virtually unchanged since its construction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Esquimalt.

Neighborhood
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The in is the oldest in and the second oldest in North America after . Victoria's had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.

Town
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The Township of is a municipality at the southern tip of , in , Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, , to the south by the , to the west by and…

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is the capital of 's westernmost province; , near the southern tip of . contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.

Victoria Inner Harbour Seaplane Base

Latitude
48.42533° or 48° 25′ 31″ north
Longitude
-123.39042° or 123° 23′ 26″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
YWH
ICAO airport code
CYWH
Open location code
84WRCJG5+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31657543
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7910164
Wiki­data ID
Q3914716
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tajik—“Victoria Inner Harbour Seaplane Base” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “域多利內港機場”
  • Chinese: “域多利内港機場”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞內港機場”
  • Chinese: “维多利亚内港機場”
  • French: “aéroport du Port de Victoria”
  • French: “Aéroport du Port de Victoria”
  • Indonesian: “CYWH”
  • Indonesian: “YWH”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・ハーバー空港”
  • Japanese: “ビクトリア・ハーバー空港”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ویکتوریا اینر هاربر”
  • Piemontese: “Victoria Harbour Water Aerodrome”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Victoria Inner Harbour”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи вектуреё оинр ҳорбр”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Huron Gate and Victoria West.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Colville Island and Berens Island.

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