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Identifier: dominionofcan00karl (find matches)
Title: The dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska : handbook for travellers
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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delightful health-resorts in the South ofEngland. The population is very heterogeneous, including native-born Canadians, Britons, Americans, Italians, Frenchmen, Ger-mans, Japanese, and Chinese (3000). It carries on a large trade incanned salmon, lumber, coal, rice, etc., the total value of itsexports and imports in 1905-6 amounting to about $5,000,000.The value of its manufactures in the same year, including boats,brass, beer, bricks, carriages, machinery, flour, lumber, soap, andsoda, was $2,617,573. Fort Victoria was established here by the Hudson Bay Co. in 1842, butdid not begin to assume the aspect of a town before the gold-miningexcitement of 1858. In 1866 Vancouver Island was united with BritishColumbia, and Victoria was selected as the capital of the province. In1871 the population was 3270, in 1881 it was 5925, and in 1891 it was16,841. In 1893 Victoria was made the station of a corps of Boyal MarineArtillery and Royal Engineers, but it is now garrisoned by Canadian troops.
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VICTORIA. 57. Route. 291 It is the headquarters oi the Canadian fur-sealing fleet, which consists ofabout 30 vessels and caught 14,646 seals (valued at $ 219,690) in 1904. The handsome * Parliament Buildings (PI. F, 2, 3), recentlycompleted at a cost of $ 800,000, lie in Belleville St., near JamesBay, an arm of the harbour, and are passed on the way from thesteamboat-wharf to the centre of the town (tramway, see p. 290). Thebuildings include the Parliament House, the Provincial MuseumLibrary, and the Government Offices. A statue of Captain Vancouver.surmounts the dome, while in front stands a monument commemo-rating Sir James Douglas, the first governor of the colony. The Museum (open 9-12 and 1-4 •, Sat., 9-1) contains specimens illustrat-ing the geology and natural history of the colony. — Admission to thesittings of Parliament (one chamber only) is easily obtained (comp. p. 153). The other chief buildings of Yictoria include the City Hall (PI. F, 1),the Court House (PI. F, 1),

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