Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook is a memorial in Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia. Captain James Cook is situated nearby to the memorial The Empress, as well as near the pier B.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Empress and Royal British Columbia Museum.
The Empress
Memorial
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fairmont Empress, formerly and commonly referred to as The Empress, is one of the oldest hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Located on 721 Government Street, it is situated in Downtown Victoria, facing the city's Inner Harbour.
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. Royal British Columbia Museum is situated 230 metres south of Captain James Cook.
Douglas Obelisk
Obelisk
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Douglas Obelisk is an 8-metre marble obelisk, installed outside the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The sculpture was erected in 1881 to honour Sir James Douglas, the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, and was made by Mortimer & Reid using marble from Beaver Cove, Vancouver Island. Douglas Obelisk is situated 170 metres southwest of Captain James Cook.
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 west of Captain James Cook.
Captain James Cook
- Type: Memorial
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Category: historic site
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42174° or 48° 25′ 18″ northLongitude
-123.36878° or 123° 22′ 8″ westOpen location code
84WRCJCJ+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4409072154OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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