Victoria

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Victoria
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• Table of Contents
• Slide Description
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Location
• 3 Labour
• 4 History
• 5 History (Continued)
• 6 Bibliography

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• Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. It
  became the capital of B.C in 1868, and it was the
  capital of Vancouver Island from 1849 to 1866
  when Vancouver Island became part of B.Cs group.

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• Victoria is located along a harbor in the
  southeastern part of Vancouver Island. In
  Victoria, approximately 2 million tourists visit
  each year. Some of the attractions include the
  scenic surroundings and the nice climate. The
  narrow streets and the neat gardens represent the
  ones in England. Visitors or tourists, can buy
  imported goods (British) and antiques in this
  city. It is classified as one of the nicest
  visiting cities. A survey reported that Victoria
  is said to be one of the worlds best cities.

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• A third of the workers of the metropolitan of
  Victoria have jobs related to the tourist
  industry. A few of the important industries are
  boat building, fishing, forestry, research and
  technology. The growing industries in the city
  are research and technology. Victoria is also
  home to a major fishing fleet, shipbuilding, and
  repair, as well as forest products along with
  machine manufacturing industries of which, are
  significant sources of employment. During the
  World Wars, the Victoria Harbor and the Esquimalt
  Harbors were key Canadian shipbuilding
  centers. In the 1960s to the 1970s Victoria
  completed projects which made it more beautiful,
  and preserved its older areas as well. The
  project also included the renewal of the
  Historic Downtown Residential District,
  construction of new docks and walkways for the
  harbor.

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• For most of the nineteenth century, Victoria
  remained the largest city in B.C In the twentieth
  century, it evolved primarily as a city of
  government, retirement, and tourism.

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• The natives that inhabited the area were the
  Songhee and the Kosapsom peoples. James Douglas
  decided to set up Fort Victoria fur trade post.
  Victoria was incorporated as a city on August
  2nd, 1862. The capital before Victoria was New
  Westminister. Then British Columbia was formed
  and they chose Victoria as the capital city.

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Credits/Bibliography
Francis, Daniel. Encyclopedia of British
Columbia, British Columbia Harbour Publishing
2000 McDermott, Barb and McKeown, Gail.
Victoria. Canada Reidmore Books, 1999 World
Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1998/2002
Victoria Victoria http//city.victoria.bc.ca/
, February 25th, 2002 Victoria
http//www.tourismvictoria.com, February
25th,2002 Picture on title page from The World
Book Multimedia Encyclopedia Picture on Slide 1
(The Legislative Buildings) from
http//city.victoria.bc.ca/visitors/about_viewsleg
.shtml Picture on Slide 4 (Aerial View of
Victoria) from http//city.victoria.bc.ca/visitor
s/about_viewsaerial.shtml