Customs House
Customs House is a retail building in Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia which is located on Government Street. Customs House is situated nearby to Ship Point Plaza, as well as near the sports venue Axe & Grind.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Victoria Custom House and Victoria Bug Zoo.
Old Victoria Custom House
Historic building
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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 150 metres northwest of Customs House.
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 160 metres east of Customs House.
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 410 metres south of Customs House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Chinatown.
Victoria
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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.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
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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 Customs House.
Customs House
- Type: Retail building
- Address: 816 Government Street, Victoria, BC V8W 0G5
- Category: building
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42333° or 48° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
-123.36879° or 123° 22′ 8″ westLevels
7Open location code
84WRCJFJ+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 619917903OpenStreetMap feature
building=retail
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