Vancouver 
A BEAUTY SPOT ON VANCOUVER ISLAND 
immense quantities of carnations, rhubarb, lettuce 
and tomatoes and these are shipped as far as Win¬ 
nipeg in such quantities that the Victoria flowers 
and vegetables are always in demand. Every 
Christmas this town supplies the California trade 
with laurel and holly. Strawberries from Vancou¬ 
ver Island are among the largest on the coast, 
immense and luscious, for they are grown in the 
richest of black loam. 
Perhaps no better idea can be obtained of the 
resources of this island than by a ride around Vic¬ 
toria, past the homes of wealth and refinement, 
the English country homes, with wide lawns, a 
wealth of flowers, and hedges deep and high. No¬ 
where in America is there such an English setting 
to the residential section. Just a glimpse at these 
estates reveals a glory of flowers around villas in 
picturesque situations, for it is seldom that the 
roses are not in bloom on Christmas day. Here 
live the Lieutenant Governor of the Province, 
the Admiral of the Fleet, the Military Commander 
of the Garrison and retired naval and military 
officers who appreciate a climate free from the 
extremes of heat and cold. Victoria seems first 
and last an English city, and with a frontage of 
fully fifteen miles upon the Pacific it can boast 
many lovely beaches besides being tbe North Pacific 
depot for His Majesty’s navy. Fast cruisers are 
always in the harbor and at Macauley Point, at 
the entrance to the harbor, is the strongest fort on 
the Pacific. An outpost of empire is this beautiful 
city with its 30,000 people, a gem in an emerald¬ 
like ocean, with a canopy of blue sky overhead. 
From this charmingly situated city are shipped 
the swans that fill the waters in the parks of the 
effete East and in the Parliament Buildings are 
three museums, one containing a collection of 
Indian curios and specimens of natural history 
unsurpassed on this continent, for one of the attrac¬ 
tions of Vancouver Island is its game for the sports¬ 
man and naturalist. In certain parts are found elk 
(wapiti) bears, wolves, ptarmigan and on tbe inland 
hills and waters are pheasants (descendants of those 
brought from England), quail, duck and geese. 
The salmon industries are among the largest 
in the world, and one of the sights in Victoria is 
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