Newcastle Island

Accessible by foot-passenger ferry from Nanaimo, Newcastle Island was once the site of the Hudson’s Bay Company coal mines before being purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway, who turned it […]

Western Communities

The region immediately west of Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia, is known as the Western Communities, or the West Shore, and stretches westwards from Esquimalt Harbour to Rocky […]

View Royal

View Royal was first settled in the 1850s when Dr. John Helmcken purchased 640 acres of farmland from the Hudson’s Bay Company. Incorporated in 1988, modern-day View Royal is a […]

Victoria Island

Travellers frequently use the term Victoria Island when referring to Vancouver Island but, in this context, the name Victoria Island is a misnomer. Victoria is the capital city of British […]

Victoria Downtown

Considered one of the top twenty Downtowns in North America, Downtown Victoria is the business centre of Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island. The historic buildings, shops, streetscapes, restaurants, bars, hotels […]

Victoria

The Greater Victoria region covers the extreme southern end of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, including the Saanich Peninsula, Victoria, Esquimalt, Colwood, Metchosin, and Sooke, with almost half of Vancouver Island’s […]