Victoria is a stunning city, what it lacks in size is more than made up in its natural beauty. This is the one city in Canada that repeatedly votes for the green party and I can see why, nature surrounds it. We went to Victoria for the day, and naturally, took a walk to its most attractive place, Beacon Hill Park.
Our walk started at a downtown Parkade. Being the Lord's day, it was free parking. We went for a lunch overlooking the harbour and then continued on our way. The building with the green dome is the parliament building for British Columbia and the other fancy buildings are for the most part, hotels.
Victoria felt like the most British city I've been to in Canada. It was well taken care of in the area surrounding the harbour. Victoria was probably named after the British queen and British is in the title of the province, BC. We also had some good fish and chips for lunch. There are nice museums and plenty of things to do but we were just here for an afternoon.
The people who live in these apartments have a fantastic view of the park. The weather here is very mild for Canada and would rarely get below freezing so the parks offer a unique variety of plants not found in the rest of Canada. I doubt this pond would freeze solid so ice skating is out of the question.
This medieval style stone bridge was constructed in 1889, as far as the timeline of Canada is concerned those were the middle ages. The view from the bridge on both sides was serene, I could see myself retired living near this park feeding the birds everyday and sitting here. It's such a great view and was chosen as the cover photo for this post.
The park had some weird trees, this was a spikey one. The arborist or horticultural society did an excellent job maintaining the park. There were ornamental trees, flower gardens and rose bushes everywhere.
The natives who live in these parts were the ones who made totem poles. When you see them in other parts of north American, it's usually cultural appropriation. Even if it's done by a native tribe, the North West Pacific tribes such as the various Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish nations found on the island were among the tribes who made these totems.
This is the tallest free standing totem pole in the world. 173 feet tall, others also claim to be the world's tallest, but this one is impressive and was probably made from a single tree.
Here's the pond again with the stone bridge. There were too many nice flowers and garden grounds to take photos of. We were busy chasing around peacocks and other weird birds wandering around trying to get a great shot of them.
The amount of turtles on the log was noteworthy, there were at least a dozen. Sometimes the smaller things in life excite us the most. Alberta doesn't have many turtles, their season would be short. Because of the climate, it's popular for younger people from Canada to move to Alberta and for older Albertans to move to BC. After visiting Victoria, one can understand why. Thank you for reading and have a Happy New Year!
All photos taken with an s22 and are unfiltered
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crypticat, Very beautiful. You gave us a beautiful tour of Victoria City, Canada. Fun trees and beautiful views. stunning photography.
Glad you enjoyed it and hope you can see Victoria too one day
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