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Visit Victoria, Canada: Things to do in Victoria - The Garden City

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Visit Victoria - Top 10 Things which can be done in Victoria. What you can visit in Victoria - Most visited touristic attractions of Victoria Visit our Channel for Top Attractions: https://www.youtube.com/user/talancuta Please Subscribe to our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=talancuta 01. Royal British Columbia Museum Natural and human history museum as well as the British Columbia Provincial Archives. Founded in 1886. Includes three permanent galleries: modern history, natural history, and local First Nations’ history. The museum’s collections comprise approximately 7 million objects. 02. Craigdarroch Castle A historic, Victorian-era Scottish Baronial mansion. The "bonanza castle" was designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to its landmark status in Victoria. Has 39 rooms and over 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2). Constructed in the late 1800s as a family residence for the wealthy coal baron Robert Dunsmuir and his wife Joan. 03. Butchart Gardens A group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay. Receive close to a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to their international renown. 04. Miniature World Miniature-themed dioramas and displays representing historical times and fictional worlds. Over 85 exciting miniature dioramas and displays. One of the most popular tourist attractions in downtown. 05. Beacon Hill Park A 75 ha (200 acre) park located along the shore of Juan de Fuca Strait. Contains a number of amenities including woodland and shoreline trails, two playgrounds, a waterpark, playing fields, a petting zoo, tennis courts, many ponds, and landscaped gardens. 06. Victoria Bug Zoo A two-room minizoo that is located in downtown. Exhibits about 50 species of insects, arachnids, and Myriapoda. Currently the largest tropical insect collection in North America. Visitors can hold and handle different varieties of species like tarantulas, cockroaches, scorpions, walking sticks, millipedes, and praying mantis. Has Canada's largest ant farm that contains leaf-cutter ants. 07. Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site The first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada. Was built in 1860 to guide vessels through the entrance of Esquimalt harbour. It was named after HMS Fisgard, a British Navy ship that spent time in the Pacific. Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1958. Also a Classified Federal Heritage Building. 08. British Columbia Aviation Museum The Museum consists of a display area spread over two hangars, a classroom, a restoration workshop and a gift shop. Displays include historical civilian and military artefacts including uniforms, medals and models. Located in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. It is on the grounds of the Victoria International Airport. 09. Thunderbird Park A park in Victoria next to the Royal British Columbia Museum. Home to many totem poles (mostly Gitxsan, Haida, and Kwakwaka'wakw) and other First Nation monuments. Totem poles were first erected on the site in 1940 as part of a conservation effort to preserve some of the region's rapidly deteriorating Aboriginal art. 10. Christ Church Cathedral The cathedral church of the Diocese of British Columbia of the Anglican Church of Canada. Visit our Channel for Top Attractions: https://www.youtube.com/user/talancuta Please Subscribe to our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=talancuta Download this music at: https://soundcloud.com/dj-meizong/rabid-dog This track's license, Creative Commons Attribution, requires attribution. If you use this song in a video, cite the creator using the info below: Rabid Dog (Original Mix) by Meizong is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence. https://soundcloud.com/dj-meizong/rabid-dog Meizong Official sites: https://soundcloud.com/dj-meizong https://www.facebook.com/MeizongOfficial https://twitter.com/MrMeizong More info about the license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Visit Music For Monetize Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MusicForMonetize