British Columbia

10/24/09

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• Trethewey House Heritage Site on Mill Lake, Attraction: Restored & furnished to its 1925 appearance, $

• Ainsworth Hot Springs, Attraction: Soak in hot springs inside a horse-shoe-shaped cave, outdoor pool w/view of Kootenay Lake & Purcell Mountains

• Alert Bay Museum (in public library), Attraction: Kwakawak'wakaw artifacts and items depicting local history, 0$
• Ecological Park
• U'Mista Cultural Centre, Attraction: Potlatch collection of First Nations artifacts, elaborately carved masks, ceremonial regalia, $

• Ashcroft Museum, Attraction: History of the southern Cariboo, Indian tribes & first settlement in 1884, re-created Hat Creek Mine, 0$

Well preserved gold mining town from the 1860s, largest town north of San Francisco & west of Chicago in the 1870s

• Barkerville Historic Town, Attraction: 125 original and reconstructed buildings, $$

• Barkerville Provincial Park, Attraction: hiking, camping

• Thorsen Creek Petroglyphs, Attraction:

• Hell's Gate Airtram, Attraction: Tram across the narrowest part of the Fraser River, fish ladders, $$

• Cougar Annie's Garden (accessible only by boat or float plane) , Attraction: Renowned garden surrounded by rain forest

• Glass House, Attraction: Six-room house made of empty bottles, $

• British Columbia Museum of Mining, Attraction: Mining history, underground mine tunnel ride, 1921 concentrator mill, 235-ton super mine truck, gold panning, $$

• Butchart Gardens (14 mi N of Victoria), Attraction: 55-acre gardens, Rose Garden Japanese Garden, Italian Garden, Sunken Garden, $$
• Victoria Butterfly Gardens, Attraction: Indoor tropical gardens house more than 35 exotic butterfly & moth species, $

• Burnaby Village Museum, Attraction: Re-creates the sights & sounds of an 1890-1925 settlement in lower British Columbia, $

• Historic Hat Creek Ranch, Attraction: One of few sections of the Cariboo Wagon Road still accessible, 20 historic building from 1863-1915, Shuswap Indian village, blacksmith shop, pioneer agricultural machinery, $

• Elk Falls Provincial Park (4 mi W of Campbell River), Attraction: 150-foot waterfall into deep, dark gorge, camping
• Museum at Campbell River, Attraction: Artifacts crafted by First Nations people of northern Vancouver Island, island's pioneer & industrial history, vintage logging & fishing equipment, $

• Castlegar Museum, Attraction: In former CPR depot, history of railroad, furnished station master's quarters
• Doukhobor Village Museum, Attraction: Seven-building replica of the communal settlement for the Doukhobors, artifacts reflecting the settlement & Doukhobor life, $
• Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park, Attraction: Suspension bridge to an island at the confluence of the Columbia & Kootenay Rivers, Indian Kekuli (pit house), cemetery, log house, 0$

Look for chainsaw sculptures scattered around town

• Bridal Veil Falls, Attraction:
• Chilliwack Museum, Attraction: Local history
• Mintner Gardens (12 mi E of Chilliwack on Hwy1), Attraction: 11 theme gardens, plants from around the world, seasonal colors, $$

• Dutch Lake Resort & RV Park, Attraction: Camping, boating, fishing
• Wells Gray Provincial Park, Attraction: Spectacular waterfalls including 465-ft Helmcken Falls, Dawson Falls, & Spahats Waterfall

• South Cariboo Historical Museum, Attraction: Pioneer artifacts, 0$

• Comox Air Force Museum, Attraction: History of the base and West Coast Canadian aviation, vintage aircraft, 0$
• Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park, Attraction: 1929 timber lodge on Comox Bay furnished in period, rare & exotic trees, rhodendrons, herb garden, $

• Butterfly World Gardens, Attraction: Walk through tropical garden containing more than 30 species of free-flying butterflies, bird aviary, Japanese water garden w/exotic fish, $

• Courtenay & District Museum & Paleontology Centre, Attraction: 39-foot elasmosaur fossil unearthed nearby, $
• Horne Lake Provincial Park, Attraction: Boating, rock climbing, guided cave tours, camping
• Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens, Attraction: Some of the finest informal gardens in the world
• Statan Falls (on Comox Logging Rd), Attraction:

• Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, Attraction: Vintage Canadian Pacific Railway passenger cars, rail travel lifestyle reflected in trains from 1880 to 1955, $

• Creston & District Museum, Attraction: More than 5,000 pioneer & Indian artifacts, replica Kutenai Indian canoe, early agricultural tools, schoolroom exhibit, $

• Cumberland Museum & Archives, Attraction: Walk through a replica of a coal mine, local mining history, $

• Dawson Creek Station Museum, Attraction: Artifacts, fossils, & mounted animals & birds from Peace River Valley, 1930s grain elevator, $
• Walter Wright Pioneer Village, Attraction: Pioneer buildings including log schoolhouse, log cabin, general store, smithy, two churches, farm machinery & implements, 0$

• Delta Museum, Attraction: Marine, fishing, farming, pioneers, First Nations people, reconstructed rooms, early 1900s Delta street scene, 0$

• BC Forest Discovery Centre, Attraction: British Columbia's forestry heritage, management practices, & renewal efforts, smithy, sawmill, old-time logging camp, steam-powered logging train, $
• Courtney River Estuary Waterfowl
• Pacific Northwest Raptors Birds of Prey Centre, Attraction: Falcons & other birds of prey
• Quw'utsun' Cultural Centre, Attraction: History & culture of the Northwest Coast Indians, totem poles, historical artifacts, Comeakin longhouse, $$
• Quw'utsun' Salmon Dinner, Attraction: Cultural show & salmon barbeque, includes admission to cultural center, $$$
• Somenos Marsh Wildlife Refuge
• Walking tour of downtown, Attraction: Self-guided tours past 41 totems, others along Hwy 1 outside town

• British Columbia Farm Machinery & Agricultural Museum, Attraction: Artifacts & exhibits related to development of farm machinery in British Columbia, hand-wrought plow, threshing machine, carriages, buckboards, Tiger-Moth crop-dusting airplane, $
• Fort Langley National Historic Site, Attraction: Site of the 1800s Hudson's Bay Company trading post, original 1840 storehouse, reconstructed cooperage, blacksmith shop, log palisade, $
• Langley Centennial Museum, Attraction: Lifestyle of early explorers, fur traders, First Nations peoples, period rooms  include a parlor, kitchen general store, 0$

• Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, Attraction: Vintage cars, trapper's log cabin, stuffed animals, history of building Alaska Highway, $

• Fort St James National Historic Site of Canada, Attraction: One of the largest group of original buildings from Canada's fur trade, fur warehouse, restored Hudson's Bay Co post, $

• Fort Steele Heritage Town, Attraction: Restored 1890 boomtown with more than 60 buildings including an operating bakery, restaurant, tinsmith shop blacksmith shop, newspaper office, steam train, $

• Rogers Pass Centre, Attraction: Displays on history of the railroad through the Canadian Rockies, natural history, 0$

• Golden & District Museum, Attraction: Local historical items, $

• Niagara Falls, Attraction: Twin forks of water converge & plunge into a black basalt bowl

• Boundary Museum, Attraction: Area history, lifestyles of the Doukhobor & First Nations cultures, $

Over 200 islands situated between Vancouver Island & the mainland. Larger islands are accessible by ferry from Tsawassan on the mainland & Schwartz Bay on Vancouver Island

• Galiano Island

  • Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park, Attraction: White-shell beaches, tidal lagoons, towering forests, craggy headlands, birding

• Mayne Island

  • Georgina Point Park, Attraction:

  • Miners Bay,

• Pender Islands

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• Quadra Island

  • Rebecca Spit Provincial Park, Attraction: Fishing, swimming, picnicking, hiking

• Salt Spring Island (largest of the gulf islands)

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• Saturna Island

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• Kilby Store & Farm, Attraction: 1906 general store, post office, hotel, farm, $

• 'Ksan Historical Village & Museum (3 mi S of Hazelton on Hwy62), Attraction: Gitxsan Indian village consisting of seven tribal houses, carving shed, workshop, $

• E.G. Manning Provincial Park (E of Hope on Hwy3), Attraction: 82-mi Hope-Princeton Hwy that climbs from near sea level to 4,416-ft summit of Allison Pass, hiking, camping, 0$
• Hope Museum, Attraction:
• Othello Quintette Tunnels (off Hwy5), Attraction: 2.5-mi hiking trail through four railway tunnels, $

• Hudson's Hope Museum, Attraction: Local artifacts, prehistoric fossils, active log church, trapper's cabin, fur cache, pioneer house, antique machinery, 0$
• Peace Canyon Dam & Visitor Centre (2.5 mi S of Hudson's Hope on Hwy29), Attraction: Natural history of the area, pioneer past, Peace Canyon Project, 0$
• W.C. Bennett Dam & Visitor Centre (13 mi W of Hudson's Hope on Canyon Dr), Attraction: Artifacts related to the history & geology of the area, construction of the dam, 0$

• Windermere Valley Museum, Attraction: Pioneer artifacts, six log buildings, $

• Kamloops Heritage Railway, Attraction: Scenic tour aboard The Spirit of Kamloops vintage train pulled by a restored steam locomotive, $$
• Kamloops Museum & Archives, Attraction: Area history portrayed in displays of Indian culture, fly-fishing, reconstructed Hudson's Bay Co fur-trading cabin, pioneer & Victorian artifacts, transportation items, natural history specimens, 0$
• Secwpemc Museum & Heritage Park, Attraction: History & culture of the Secwepemc or Shuswap Nation, archeological remains of 2000-yr old Shuswap winter village, pit house reconstructions, summer village, $

• SS Movie National Historic Site, Attraction: World's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler which operated on Kootenay Lake from 1898-1957, $

• B.C. Orchard Industry Museum, Attraction: Development of the orchard industry in the province, fruit production from planting to processing & preserving, 0$
• Kelowna Land and Orchard Co, Attraction: See techniques of the past and present in a working orchard, farm animals, hay-wagon tours of orchard, $
• Kelowna Museum, Attraction: Natural history displays including fossils, mammal, & birds from the Okanogan region, First Nations heritage, exploration, early settlement, 0$

• Historic Grist Mill (NE of Keremeos), Attraction: Historic flour mill built in 1877, working waterwheel, $

Bavarian-style town (on Hwy95A), one of Canada's highest cities

• Cominco Gardens, Attraction: Three acres of floral colour in the Kootenay Rockies
• Kimberly District Heritage Society, Attraction: Local history & the legacy of mining in the area, 0$
• Marysville Falls, Attraction: 100-ft falls
• Sullivan Mine & Railway Historical Society, Attraction: Narrated train rides through the Mark Creek Valley on a narrow-gauge mine track, $

• Alcan Primary Metal, Attraction: Guided tour of aluminum smelter, 0$

See Radium Hot Springs

• Marble Canyon, Attraction: Sheer, narrow canyons of white & gray dolomite, 0$
• Radium Hot Springs, (Just N of the W entrance to Kootenay National Park), Attraction: Hot pool & cool pool ranging from 117 to 95 degrees, $
• Paint Pots (W of Hwy93), Attraction: Small spring-fed ponds colored red, orange, & mustard by minerals
• Natural Bridge, Attraction: Natural bridge formed by raging Kicking Horse River

• Mayo Creek Gardens, Attraction: More of a wild plant sanctuary than a traditional manicured garden

• Canadian Museum of Flight, Attraction: More than 25 aircraft representing Canada's aviation history 1909 to the present, aviation memorabilia, $

• Lillooet Museum & Visitor Centre, Attraction: Pioneer relics, farm equipment, Indian artifacts Chinese utensils, newspaper equipment collection, 0$

• Nicola Valley Museum & Archives, Attraction: Mining, logging, ranching, Indian artifacts, pioneer items, 0$

• Power House at Stave Falls, Attraction: 1912 hydroelectric power generating station

• Morricetown Canyon, Attraction: Bulkley River plunges through this narrow gorge in a series of waterfalls, fish ladders, $

• Halcyon Hot Springs
• Nakusp Hot Springs, Attraction: Mineral baths sheltered by outdoor cedar structure, $

• Nanaimo District Museum, Attraction: Local history, coal mining in Nanaimo, First Nations people, Old Town district, $
• Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park, Attraction: Hiking, camping, swimming
• The Bastion, Attraction: Small fort built in 1853 to protect early settlers, $

• Nelson Mining Museum, Attraction: Preserving Mining Heritage since 1921, thousands of rock & mineral specimens from all over the West Kootenays as well as from all over the province of British Columbia

• Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, Attraction: Dedicated to remembering the 22,000 people of Japanese descent who were interred here during WWII, typical two-family shack, outhouse, peace garden, $

• Irving House Museum, Attraction: 1865 Victorian home, 14 furnished rooms, 0$
• Japanese Friendship Garden, Attraction: Waterfalls, pathways, flowering trees, 0$
• New Westminster Museum, Attraction: History of New Westminster
• Samson V Maritime Museum, Attraction: Last sternwheeler on the Fraser River, now a maritime museum, 0$

• Capilano Suspension Bridge, Attraction: 450-ft swinging footbridge built in 1903, spans the Capilano River, gardens, totem park, 0$
• Lynn Canyon Park, Attraction: Paths, natural streams, 166-ft suspension bridge, 0$
• North Vancouver Museum, Attraction: The community's growth from pioneer days, 0$

• Desert Center, Attraction: Mile long boardwalk through desert ecology
• Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Attraction: Ecological interpretive center of the Great Basin Desert, boardwalk trail, $

• Craig Heritage Park & Museum, Attraction: Historic buildings, church, log house, fire station, 1900s school, post office, $

• Nairn Falls, Attraction: Falls that boils through frothy bowls

• Okanagan Inland Marine Heritage Park & Museums, Attraction: Ride on the Sicamous, the last steam-powered sternwheeler to operate on Okanagan Lake, $
• Penticton (R.N. Atkinson) Museum, Attraction: Natural & social history of the Okanagan Valley, Canadian military, Kettle Valley Railway, 0$

• Alberni Valley Museum, Attraction: First Nations culture, Vancouver Island's domestic & industrial history, display on 1964 tidal wave, 0$
• Alberni Pacific Railway, Attraction: Round trip from Port Alberni to McLean Mill pulled by 1929 steam logging locomotive, includes mill admission, $$
• Maritime Discovery Centre, Attraction: Discover the sea around us
• McLean Mill National Historic Site, Attraction: Working 1926 steam sawmill that operated until 1965, 30 original structures from the early days of British Columbia's forest industry, logging camp, $

• North Pacific Historic Fishing Village, Attraction: Restored 1889 cannery village including main cannery, reduction plant, staff housing artifacts of  the fishing industry, $$

• Port Moody Station Museum, Attraction: Local & railway artifacts, working & living areas restored to their early 1900s appearance, heritage garden, 0$

• North Island Heritage Museum, Attraction: Local area logging history
• Shepherd's Garden. Attraction: Family garden open for tours

• Pouce Coupe Museum, Attraction: Pioneer artifacts, 0$

• Powell River Historical Museum, Attraction: Area history,$

• Fraser Price George Museum, Attraction:
• Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum, Attraction: Buildings, structures, locomotives, rail cars, artifacts from the steam and diesel railway eras from 1899 to 1960, logging equipment, fire fighting displays, early communication equipment, $

• Port Hardy Museum, Attraction: 8,000 years of First Nation history, Hudson's Bay Company site at Fort Rupert, 100 years of local pioneer history

• Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary (30 mi NE of Prince Rupert, accessible only by boat), Attraction: See grizzly bears in their native habitat
• Kwinitsa Railway Station Museum, Attraction: History of Prince Rupert & the railroad, 0$
• Museum of Northern British Columbia, Attraction: Pioneer history, lifestyles of First Nations people from prehistoric times through contacts with Europeans, totem pole carving, $
• Oldfield Creek Hatchery
• North Pacific Historic Fishing Village (13 mi SE of Prince Rupert), Attraction: Cannery town that operated from 1889 to 1968, cannery, cottages, general store, $$

• Princeton & District Museum, Attraction: Fossils, minerals, aboriginal baskets, antique cooking utensils, mining tools & equipment, butterfly collection, Welby Stagecoach, 0$

• Milner Gardens & Woodlands, Attraction: 500-speciman rhododendron garden, $

Group of about 150 islands off the coast of British Columbia with temperate marine climate, sparsely populated mostly by First Nations people

• Cottonwood House Historic Site (17 mi E of Quesnel on Hwy26), Attraction: Built in 1864 as a roadhouse for travelers on the Cariboo Wagon Road, reconstructed double barn, stable, guest house, outbuildings, antique machinery, $
• Quesnel & District Museum, Attraction: Area history from Alexander Mackenzie's explorations & the 1862 gold rush, pioneer life, Titanic artifacts, $

Radium Hot Springs [SE]

See Kootenay National Park

• Canyon RV Park, Attraction: 107 campsites
• Radium Hot Springs, Attraction: Large, hot mineral-water pool

• Canyon Hot Springs (22 mi E of Revelstoke on Hwy1), Attraction: Swimming, camping, $
• Mt Revelstoke National Park, Attraction; Spectacular scenery, hiking, camping, $
• Revelstoke Railway Museum, Attraction: History of building the Canadian Pacific Railway, original railway equipment, one of the Canadian Pacific's largest steam locomotives, locomotive cab simulator, $
• Three Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town (12 mi W of Revelstoke on Hwy1), Attraction: More than 40 relocated buildings including a hotel, general store, church, schoolhouse, saloon, log buildings, railroad roundhouse, $

• Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, Attraction: 1894 salmon cannery restored to serve as an interpretive center for Canada's West Coast fishing industry, $

• Rossland Historical Museum & Le Roi Mine, Attraction: Underground tour in section of hard-rock mine tunnel, mining artifacts, rock & mineral exhibits, $

• Minter Gardens, Attraction: 27-acre garden, with 11 themed areas, $

• Heritage Acres, Attraction: Artifacts from the the area's rural past, historic household items, farm equipment, blacksmith's shop, sawmill, nature trails, one-room log cabin, 0$

• R.J. Haney Heritage Park, Attraction: Schoolhouse, church, fully restored 1910 farmhouse

• Historic Mercantile General Store, Attraction:
• Sandon Historical Society Museum and Visitor’s Centre, Attraction: Old mining pictures and memorabilia
• Silversmith Power and Light Corporation, Attraction: One of North America's first AC electrical utilities still in operation, watch the old generator station still in working order to provide power to the surviving ghost town of Sandon
• Steam Train Exhibit, Attraction: Historic CPR Steam Locomotive #6947, complete w/vintage freight cars

• British Columbia Aviation Museum, Attraction: Restored aircraft including WWII planes, bush planes, aircraft engines, $
• Sidney Historical Museum, Attraction: Lives of early Sidney & North Saanich pioneers, 0$

• Sointula Museum, Attraction: History of Finnish settlers' quest for a Utopian society

• East Sooke Regional Park, Attraction: Turkey vultures, red-tailed harks, peregrine falcons, merlins, American kestrels, Cooper's hawks, sharp-shinned harks, northern harriers, osprey, bald eagles all gather in this park
• Sooke Region Museum, Attraction: First Nations people, early settlers, industrialization, 0$

• Shannon Falls, Attraction: Third highest falls in British Columbia down a series of cliffs at 1105 ft
• West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Attraction: More than 60 railway heritage pieces dating to the early 1900s including steam & diesel locomotives sleeping car, bunk cars, business car, $

• Britannia Heritage Shipyard National Historic Site, Attraction: 10 historic buildings, volunteer shipbuilders restoring old wooden vessels w/traditional methods
• Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, Attraction: Re-creates the life of an 1890s cannery worker, $
• London Heritage Farm, Attraction: 1880s farm, English country garden
• Steveston Historical Museum, Attraction: History of early fishing community and its Japanese & Chinese immigrants, 0$
• Vancouver Whale Watch, Attraction: View whales on Puget Sound, guaranteed or take another trip free, $$$

• Kettle Valley Steam Railway, Attraction: 90-min roundtrip from Prairie Valley Station to Trout Creek pulled by a 1924 steam shay, $$
• Summerland & Ornamental Gardens, Attraction: English gardens, roses, butterfly & hummingbird garden, $

• Historic Stewart Farm, Attraction: 1890s farmhouse restored to represent Victorian rural life, restored pole barn, heritage gardens, 0$

• Trail Interpretive Centre, Attraction: Tour Cominco lead and zinc smelting complex

• Heritage Park Museum, Attraction: History of pioneers in the region, more than 4,000 artifacts pertaining to life of settlers to the area 1890-1950, $
• Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park, Attraction: Lava beds from large  volcanic eruption 250 yrs ago, $

• Tofino Botanical Gardens, Attraction: Twelve acres of gardens, forest, and shoreline that explore the relationship between culture and nature
• Whale Centre & Museum, Attraction: Artifacts collected over the past 25 years, complete 40’ gray whale skeleton, 0$

• Bloedel Conservatory, Attraction: Over 500 varieties of exotic plants and flowers plus 50 bird species, $
• Chinese Garden of Dr Wen, Attraction: Traditional Chinese Garden surrounded by a house
• Gastown Steam Clock, Attraction: Steam powered clock
• Nitobe Memorial Garden (at University of British Columbia), Attraction: Authentic Japanese tea & stroll garden, zigzag bridge to protect from evil spirits
• Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, Attraction: Relics of early Vancouver, 0$
• Queen Elizabeth Quarry Garden, Attraction: Beautifully landscaped gardens in old stone quarry, 0$
• Sea to Sky Highway, Attraction: Highway 99 from Vancouver to Pemberton past Whistler
• Stanley Park, Attraction: Vancouver Aquarium, University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, rose garden, totem poles
• Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Attraction: The first & most authentic full-scale classical Chinese gardens built outside of China, $
• University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Attraction: Alpine Garden, BC Native Garden, Physick Garden, Food Garden, Contemporary Garden, Winter Garden, Asian Garden, Japanese Tea Garden, $
• Vancouver Maritime Museum, Attraction: Artifacts relating to man's intersection with the sea, historic vessels, $
• Vancouver Museum, Attraction: History of the lower mainland, regional artifacts, $
• VanDusen Botanical Garden,  Attraction: Plant collection arranged to show geographical origin & botanical relationships, $

• Vanderhoof Heritage Museum, Attraction: Reconstructed buildings depicting rural agriculture in the 1920s, police office, 1914 jail cell, home typical of early Mennonite settlers, farm machinery & equipment, 0$

• Greater Vernon Museum, Attraction: Local & natural history items, Indian artifacts, period furniture, 0$
• Historic O'Keefe Ranch (7 mi N on Hwy97), Attraction: One of the earliest cattle empires in the Okanagan Valley, the 1897 O'Keefe homestead includes a dozen restored structures, family's Victorian mansion, log house, church, general store, blacksmith shop, cowboy bunkhouse, barns, took sheds, $

• Abkhazi Garden, Attraction: Exquisite heritage home and garden
  on 1.4-acre site that overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Mountains, internationally famous for its splendid collection of rhododendrons, 0$
• Butchart Gardens (see Brentwood Bay)
• Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum (4 mi W on Esquimalt Rd), Attraction: Historic artifacts, Canadian naval & military museum, $
• Craigdarroch Castle, Attraction: Restored 20,000 sq ft castle built in 1890 by BC coal Baron Robert Dunsmuir, never lived in by its owner, period furnishings, $$
• Craigflower Manor & Schoolhouse, Attraction: Pioneering school life, Victorian-era artifacts
• Finnerty Gardens (University of Victoria), Attraction: Over 200 rhododendron species
• Fisgard Lighthouse (9 mi W of Victoria on Hwy1A), Attraction: First lighthouse built on this part of the coast in 1860, two floors of historical exhibits, $
• Fort Rodd Hill (9 mi W of Victoria on Hwy1A), Attraction: Coastal military fort from 1895-1956, underground magazines, artillery stores, command posts, barracks, gun & searchlight emplacements, $
• Gardens of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, Attraction: Moe than 10,000 plant varieties, Winter Garden, Takata Japanese Garden, $
• Glendale Gardens & Woodland, Attraction: Novel landscaping & plant groupings suitable for the Pacific Northwest
• Government House Gardens, Attraction: Formal gardens featuring perennials, herbs, roses, irises, azaleas, rhododendrons, 0$
• Hatley Park Gardens, Attraction: Italian, Japanese, rose gardens on grounds of Hatley Castle
• Helmcken House, Attraction: One of the oldest houses in British Columbia, 1852 log house has many original furnishings, $
• Hudson's Bay Company Gallery, Attraction: Typical Hudson's Bay  Company trading post
• Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Attraction: Pacific Northwest's maritime heritage, ship models, figureheads, chips' tools, 1860 dugout canoe, $
• Olde England Inn, Attraction: Replica of Anne Hatheway's Cottage & Garden
• Parliament Buildings, Attraction: Seat of British Columbia's Legislative Assembly, surrounded by lawns & gardens
• Point Ellice House, Attraction: 1861 rambling Italianate residence containing many of the original furnishings, $
• Royal British Columbia Museum, Attraction: Explore the province's history from the ice age to its mining & fishing heritage, turn-of-the-20th century frontier town, Open Ocean exhibit explores the mysteries of the pacific, First Peoples Gallery looks at native people, $$
• James Bay Tea Room (SW of Parliament buildings), Attraction: Great English tea at a reasonable price
• Thunderbird Park, Attraction: Totem poles, see them carved, 0$

• Craigflower Farmhouse, Attraction: 1856 farmhouse, kitchen garden, schoolhouse, $

Known as "the waterfall park" with more than 12 waterfalls including 463-ft Helmcken Falls

• Farwell Canyon, Attraction: Pillar like hoodoos, sand dunes
• Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, Attraction: BC Cowboys Hall of Fame, ranching & rodeo history, $
• Scout Island Nature Center, Attraction: Migratory birds, marsh aquarium, beehive, 0$

• White Rock Museum and Archives, Attraction: Located in the historic Great Northern Railway Museum, local history & culture

• BC Museum of Mining, Attraction: Roadside mine
• Brandywine Falls, Attraction: 216-ft falls

• Alexandria Suspension Bridge (14 mi N of Yale, Attraction: Built in 1863 across the Fraser River
• Hells Gate (30 mi N of Yale), Attraction: Fraser River rushes through narrow canyon with sheer sides
• Hells Gate Airtram (30 mi N of Yale), Attraction: Tram down to rivers edge
• Yale Museum, Attraction: Displays of the Cariboo Gold Rush, mining, paddlewheelers, construction of Canadian Pacific Railway, early settlers, $

• Burgess Shale Fossil Site, Attraction:
• Natural Bridge, Attraction: Natural bridge carved out of solid rock by the Kicking Horse River
• Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint, Attraction: Watch trains enter & leave the spiral tunnels which turn 360 degrees underground to gain only about 50 ft elevation

• Takakkaw Falls, Attraction; 1,248-ft falls

• Twin Falls, Attraction: 260-ft falls
• Wapta Falls, Attraction: 98-ft high, 500-ft wide falls

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