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Victoria, Vancouver Island and British Columbia Facts

Victoria:
The Capital City of British Columbia
Victoria area has the best all round climate in Canada
Population of Victoria: 78,000 - Greater Victoria: 338,000
Click to view a detailed map of Downtown Victoria.

Vancouver Island:
Southern Vancouver Island area offers some of the best boating waters in North America
The largest Island on the North American West Coast
12,408 square miles (32,134 square kilometres)
282 miles (454 kilometres) long
62 miles (100 kilometres) wide
2,150 miles (3,440 kilometres) of coastline
Plus 1,550 miles (2,480 kilometres) of shoreline on adjacent islands
24 miles (38 kilometres) from mainland British Columbia (Tsawwassen)
70 miles (113 kilometres) from Seattle, Washington
Population approximately 600,000

British Columbia:
Capital: Victoria
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendor Without Diminishment)
Flower: Pacific Dogwood
Animal: Spirit Bear
Bird: Steller’s Jay
Tree: Red Cedar
Stone: BC Jade
Population: 4,300,000 (2005 approx.)
Size: 947,800 square kilometres (365,974 square miles)

Distances from Vancouver Island (via Ferry):
Victoria to Seattle: 113 kilometres (70 miles)
Victoria to Port Angeles: 32 kilometres (20 miles)
Sidney to Anacortes: 58 kilometres (36 miles)
Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen: 39 kilometres (24 miles)
Nanaimo to Vancouver: 58 kilometres (36 miles)
Comox to Powell River: 40 kilometres (25 miles)
Kelsey Bay (north of Campbell River) to Prince Rupert: 531 kilometres (330 miles)

Vancouver Island, Victoria and Gulf Islands:
Tourism Vancouver Island - General Community Information and Maps of Vancouver Island

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