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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 44 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VICTORIA , the See also:

capital of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Vancouver See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, in the S.E. corner of which it is finely situated (48° 25' 20" N., 123° 22' 24" W.), on a small See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the See also:

sea, its See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, however, only admitting vessels See also:

DRAWING

drawing 18 ft. Pop. (1906) about 2.5,000. It is the See also:

OLDEST

oldest city in the See also:

province. It has See also:

FINE

fine streets, handsome villas and public buildings, See also:

government offices and churches. The high school is affiliated with McGill University, in See also:

MONTREAL

Montreal. Victoria is connected with the mainland by See also:

cable, and is a favourite tourist resort for the whole See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America. Till 1858 Victoria was a See also:

POST

post of the See also:

Hudson's See also:

BAY

Bay See also:

COMPANY

Company. The city was incorporated in 1862, and according to the See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census of 1886 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 14,000, including See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, spread over an See also:

AREA

area of 4 sq. m. Until the redistribution of the See also:

FLEET

fleet in 1905, the headquarters of the British Pacific See also:

SQUADRON

squadron was at Esquimalt, a fine harbour about 3 M. W. of Victoria. This harbour, though spacious, is not much used by See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant vessels.

It is provided with a large dry-See also:

DOCK

dock and is defended by fortifications of a See also:

MODERN

modern type.

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