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Papertown Station
Feb 14, 20222 min read
1912::The Olmsted Design of the 'Uplands' of Vancouver Island
1912::Pioneer of Landscape Architecture designs Uplands in Oak Bay.
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Papertown Station
Dec 18, 20215 min read
1942::The QE: The Largest Ship in the World Sails to Victoria, BC During WW2
🌺WW2::The world's largest Ocean Liner, found her way to Esquimalt's drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia.
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Papertown Station
Dec 18, 20211 min read
1914::World's Largest Oil Tanker Torpedoed After Drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia
1914::WW1::World's Largest Oil Tanker torpedoed a year after drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia
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Papertown Station
Nov 18, 20211 min read
1910::The Cosmopolitan City of Victoria, British Columbia
A coffee shop moment in the young capital city of British Columbia.
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Papertown Station
Nov 3, 20212 min read
1926::Crash on 4-Mile Hill
🚗The end of prohibition and the beginning of Government controlled alcohol.
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Papertown Station
Oct 29, 20211 min read
1872::A Wool Gathering
A sheep drive on Government Street, Victoria, BC.
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Papertown Station
Oct 22, 20216 min read
1913-1958::The Haunted House of Harling Point, Victoria, British Columbia
At the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island stood a very large house. Many considered it to be haunted.
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Papertown Station
Sep 13, 20211 min read
1863::The Phantom Ships of Race Rocks, Vancouver Island
Out of the fog came three tall ships.
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Papertown Station
Jul 7, 20211 min read
1891::A Street Car on Government Street in Victoria, British Columbia
A busy street scene in early Victoria, British Columbia.
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Papertown Station
May 20, 20211 min read
1957::Beacon Hill Parkway, Victoria, British Columbia
Cutting a new road across Beacon Hill Park to take government traffic away from city core.
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Papertown Station
May 17, 20211 min read
1957::New Buses To Service Victoria, British Columbia
New transit buses service Victoria in the days after the streetcars.
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Papertown Station
May 4, 20212 min read
1910-1912::The 5 Sisters Block Fire and the Fort Victoria Bastion
A destructive fire and a bastion that hid the ruins.
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