Victoria’s history has been shaped by our island location. Shipping, ship-building, and all kinds of boats were central to life in early Victoria. This Labour Day weekend, celebrate classic boats in the Inner Harbour and then hear “salty tales” in the cemetery! […]
Today’s tour title is the name of award-winning author Kit Pearson’s novel about a fictitious meeting between Emily Carr and Kathleen O’Reilly on a beach one day in 1881, a day in which a comet appears. Kit is a frequent […]
From the 1850s to the early 1900s, 25 different bathing facilities in Victoria allowed users to satisfy their personal hygiene needs, cure their ailments, and enjoy recreation. One could find hot, warm, and cold-water baths, seawater, steam, aromatic, sulphur, medicated, […]
We often look back at the past as a time free of crime, where everyone went about their days in safety. This rosy view will be clouded by today’s tour. A team of storytellers will take us to graves of […]