Fort Victoria (British Columbia)
in Victoria, CanadaCategory: Attraction
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50 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC V8W 1J2, Canada Print route »
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Fort Victoria began as a fur trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company and was the headquarters of HBC operations in the Columbia District, a large fur trading area now part of the province of British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. state of Washington. Construction of Fort Victoria in 1843 highlighted the beginning of a permanent British settlement now known as Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia. The fort itself was demolished in November 1864 as the town continued to grow as a commercial centre serving the local area as well as trading with California, Washington Territory, the United Kingdom, and others.
Fort Victoria was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924.
