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The impressive Neo-Classical
Parliament Buildings, set
among leafy grounds

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VICTORIA Thunderbird Park

⌂ Cnr Belleville & Douglas
sts # 8am–11pm daily
k 16 miles (25 km) N of city £ 450 Pandora Ave
@ 700 Douglas St g Victoria Clipper/Black Ball Transport This compact park lies at the
n 812 Wharf St; (250) 953 2033 entrance to the Royal British
Columbia Museum (p100)
With outstanding historic and cultural sights, pretty and is home to an imposing
Victoria makes a great base for trips around Vancouver collection of plain and painted
Island. The city was established as the capital of British giant totem poles. During the
Columbia in 1871. Though it was soon outgrown by summer months it is possible
to watch artists in the
Vancouver, it remains the political center of the province, Thunderbird Park Carving
and its leafy parks and gardens, museums, and buzzing Studio working on similar
harbor area continue to draw in the crowds. totems. The carved mythical
figures tell stories of traditional
exhibits tell the story of Coast Salish cultures. Included
1 '\ British Columbia and its are Gitxsan memorial poles,
Parliament Buildings parliamentary process. a Cumshewa pole, and
You can also observe the Kwakwaka’wakw heraldic
⌂ 501 Belleville St # 9am–
5pm Mon–Fri ∑ leg.bc.ca Legislative Assembly in action poles, as well as a a traditional
from the Public Galleries, Kwakwaka’wakw “big house”.
Victoria’s many-domed visit the Legislative
Parliament Buildings are an Library, or make
impressive sight, particularly reservations
at night, when the facades to eat in the
are illuminated by thousands Parliamentary
of lights. Designed by Francis Dining Room.
Rattenbury, the grand Neo-
Classical buildings were
completed in 1897, with a
statue of explorer Captain
George Vancouver perched
on top of the main dome.
Visitors can explore the Knowledge, one of
extensive grounds, or take many giant painted
guided and self-guided totem poles in
tours of the interior, where Thunderbird Park
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