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Trivia Victoria, British Columbia - Did you know?

Vivtoria BC by night

  • Number of lights on the Parliament Buildings: 3,333

  • Number of cups of tea served annually at the Empress Hotel: 750,000

  • Number of lampposts in downtown Victoria adorned with flower baskets each summer: 950

  • Number of steps from the main floor to the tower at Craigdarroch Castle: 87

  • Number of blossoms counted during the February 1999 Flower Count: 1,301,310,161

  • Average summer temperature in Greater Victoria: 20C

  • Average hours of sunshine each year in Greater Victoria: 2,185

  • Average annual rainfall in Greater Victoria: 65 cm

  • Number of objects in the Royal British Columbia Museum collection: 10 million

  • Height of the new National Geographic Theatre's IMAX-format screen: six stories

  • Narrowest street in North America: Fan Tan Alley

  • Ranking given by Cousteau Society to Greater Victoria area waters for winter diving: 2nd in the world

  • Number of public and private golf courses in Greater Victoria: 18

  • Ranking received by Greater Victoria for environment and ambiance from readers of the Conde Nast traveler magazine: 2nd in the world

  • Length of Vancouver Island: 451 kilometers, the largest island on the Pacific Coast of North America

  • Height of the Bungy Zone bridge, south of Nanaimo: 140 feet - water depth 35 feet

  • Number of passengers carried by BC Ferries between Victoria and Vancouver in 1997: 22,259,246

  • Number of restaurants in Greater Victoria: 762

  • Number of figures at the Royal London Wax Museum: 307

  • Number of daily flights from Victoria International Airport: 65 - 70

  • Number of acres of gardens at the Butchart Gardens: 50 available for public viewing

  • Number of resident whales in the Georgia Strait/Juan de Fuca water systems: approx. 100

  • Total length of the Galloping Goose trail and Peninsula trail: 125 kilometers

  • Number of wooden pilings under the Empress: 2,850, all 50-foot long Douglas Fir, standing lengthwise in bundles - placed there to fill in the bay, and hold up the hotel...

  • Number of people hung in Bastion Square between 1860 and 1885: more than 12 - records are incomplete.

  • Oldest temple in Canada: Tam Kung Temple on Government Street, in Chinatown.

  • Most haunted house in Victoria: Point Ellice House

  • Number of residential houses designated as heritage homes: 243

  • Approximate number of peacocks in Beacon Hill Park: 12

 

 

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