VictoriOrca
VictoriOrca is a work of art in Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia. VictoriOrca is situated nearby to the tourism office Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre, as well as near Ship Point Plaza.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Victoria Custom House and Victoria Bug Zoo.
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. Old Victoria Custom House is situated 190 metres northwest of VictoriOrca.
Victoria Bug Zoo
Zoo
The Victoria Bug Zoo is a two-room minizoo that is located in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, one block north of the Fairmont Empress Hotel. It was sold to Xing Chen in 2014. The Victoria Bug Zoo is run by General Manager Jaymie Chudiak. Victoria Bug Zoo is situated 170 metres east of VictoriOrca.
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. The Empress is situated 130 metres south of VictoriOrca.
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 VictoriOrca.
VictoriOrca
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42293° or 48° 25′ 23″ northLongitude
-123.36887° or 123° 22′ 8″ westOpen location code
84WRCJFJ+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4409072546OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre and Ship Point Plaza.
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