Fort Victoria
Fort Victoria began as a fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company and was the headquarters of HBC operations in the Columbia District, a large fur trading area now part of the province of British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. state of Washington.Photo: Stevecudmore, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Victoria Custom House and Bay Centre.
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. Bay Centre is situated 260 metres east of Fort Victoria.
Odd Fellows Hall
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Odd Fellows Hall is a historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Wharf Street and Fort Street in downtown Victoria, and it is now the location of The Keg restaurant.
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 Fort Victoria.
Fort Victoria
- Type: Memorial
- Description: human settlement in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: trading post and historic site
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42477° or 48° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
-123.37004° or 123° 22′ 12″ westOpen location code
84WRCJFH+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4409072170OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5472227
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Fort Victoria” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “维多利亚堡 (不列颠哥伦比亚省)”
- Chinese: “维多利亚堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Victoria”
- French: “fort Victoria”
- French: “Fort Victoria”
- Persian: “فورت ویکتوریا”
- Portuguese: “Fort Victoria”
- Turkish: “Fort Victoria”
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