St. Ann’s Academy
St. Ann's Academy was a girls' Catholic boarding and day school from grade 3–12, and boys K–3. First Nations orphans and girls were sent to the Academy from other missions run by the Sisters of St.Photo: Iota 9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal British Columbia Museum and Thunderbird Park.
Royal British Columbia Museum
Museum
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 340 metres west of St. Ann’s Academy.
Thunderbird Park
Park
Photo: HighInBC, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is next to the Royal British Columbia Museum and home to many totem poles and other First Nation monuments. Thunderbird Park is situated 250 metres west of St. Ann’s Academy.
Helmcken House
Museum
Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner, Public domain.
Helmcken House is a museum in Victoria, British Columbia, located in Thunderbird Park. It was built in 1852 by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, a surgeon with the Hudson's Bay Company and the first doctor in Victoria when he married Cecilia Douglas, daughter of Governor James Douglas. Helmcken House is situated 260 metres west of St. Ann’s Academy.
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.
Oak Bay
Town
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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. Oak Bay is situated 3½ km east of St. Ann’s Academy.
St. Ann’s Academy
- Type: Memorial
- Description: building in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: school building and historic site
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.41928° or 48° 25′ 9″ northLongitude
-123.36343° or 123° 21′ 48″ westOpen location code
84WRCJ9P+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4409072521OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q7586955
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In Other Languages
“St. Ann’s Academy” goes by many names.
- French: “académie St. Ann”
- French: “Académie St. Ann”
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