- The ultimate insider's guide to Victoria, British Columbia, for
locals and experienced travelers - Features interesting and unusual
places not found in traditional travel guides - Part of the
international 111 Places series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million
copies in print worldwide - Appeals to both the local market (more than
92.000 people call Victoria home)and the tourist market (nearly 4
million people visit Victoria every year!) - Fully illustrated with 111
full-page color photographs Authors Dave Doroghy and Graeme Menzies take
you to find the cool, the quirky, and the unusual places hidden in
Victoria amidst the fascinating architecture and glorious outdoor
scenery. Visit the place where author Rudyard Kipling slept. Explore
Canada's largest ant farm. Answer the call of nature in a pub's haunted
loo. Or take a date to a secluded, waterfront fish-and-chips shop. See
the world's tallest totem pole while it still stands. If it's history
you're after, consider that James Cook was the first non-indigenous
person to set foot near here in 1778. Later, the Hudson's Bay Company
established the spot as a trading post, naming it Fort Victoria after
the reigning British queen. Vestiges of the old British Empire can still
be spotted in the majestic colonial buildings in the inner harbor, the
red double decker buses on its busy streets and the occasional old
fashioned British telephone booths. God Save the King!
