Alternatively, you can fly aboard a seaplane or helicopter from Vancouver, they land directly downtown saving you time and money. The taxi ride from the airport to downtown will cost you upwards from $50, and will generally take 30-45 mins depending on the traffic. Getting There: Victoria has an international airport, which has regular connector flights to Vancouver Int'l. Many businesses provide "new" and "exciting" products to entice people to shop there - the restaurant industry in particular is amazing. It is a large city, and is mostly tourism-based. Today: In modern times, Victoria holds it's own economy-wise. Though it is not confirmed, many historians beleive that a Western-Canada invasion never occured because of this strategic placement.
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But the final decision came down to the souther tip of Vancouver Island - it was only accessible by water, making an assault perilous at best, plus it was well south of the 49th parallel - an optimal launching point for any counter-attacks against US soil. Various locations were cited, some high-north ( Alaska area) and some in the Rocky Mountains. The Canada-spanning railroad was still trying to break through the Rocky Mountains, so a quick injection of troops was not an option - Canada needed to place it's forts in a place that was easy to defend. A common chant south of the Canadian border was " 54-40 or fight," which frankly, scared the bejeezus out of the Canadian Government.
The Americans wanted all land up to the 54'40" parallel, and advertised this fact with posters and rallies. īack in the days of the Manifest Destiny, America's " God given right to the entirety of North America", the US/CAN border was still under dispute. This leads many to wonder - "Why isn't Vancouver the capital city of British Columbia? It has a bigger economy, it's situated on the mainland, the city is huge. History: Victoria has a population that is smaller than the famous " Hollywood North," better known as Vancouver, BC. As it is the capital, it houses BC's parliament buildings, in all of their green-copper glory. It is a harbor city, situated on Vancouver Island. It is located south of the 49th parallel, below the US border yet still in Canadian territory. Location: Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia (Also known as B.C./ BC). She died after the longest reign in British history in January 1901 and was succeeded by her son Edward VII. She was also a very popular queen in her later years, after she started appearing in public again. She also liked the prestige of the British Empire and was very pleased to be officially titled " Empress of India" in 1877. Victoria did not always get along with politicians, especially those of the Liberal party she did like Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. When Brown died she worried them even more by making another close friendship with her Indian secretary Abdul Karin. Brown") which worried her friends and family.
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She did form a close friendship with her Scottish groom, John Brown (chronicled in the movie " Mrs. When he died of typhoid in 1862, Victoria mourned deeply and dressed in black for the rest of her life for a long time she also refused to participate in any public events, a great annoyance to the politicians of the day who felt it was her duty to represent the country. Albert was a man of culture and taste and passed these things on to his wife. In 1840 she married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and they had nine children. Contrary to popular belief, Victoria grew up in England and was only German by ancestry she could not even rule Hanover in Germany as her male ancestors had because in Hanover a woman could not be the ruler. Her father died when she was 8 months old, so she was raised by her mother and uncles and a governess, Louise Lehzen. She succeeded her uncle William IV, whose own children died in infancy, to the throne of England in 1837 at the age of 18. George IV's daughter Charlotte died in 1817 and at the time there were no other legitimate offspring of George IV or any of his siblings three of his brothers married hastily to provide heirs to the throne and Alexandrina Victoria happened to be the first one born, in May 1819. Victoria was the granddaughter of King George III of England and the oldest of a few surviving legitimate children of any of his sons.