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Before you lies Victoria, first settlement on Vancouver Island. The Hudson's Bay Co., seeking a new western depot, built Fort Victoria in 1843. in the 1860's it prospered as a stepping-stone to...

Before you lies Victoria, first settlement on Vancouver Island. The Hudson's Bay Co., seeking a new western depot, built Fort Victoria in 1843. in the 1860's it prospered as a stepping-stone to mainland gold strikes. Protected by naval ships at Esquimalt, the fort grew from a distant outpost of empire to Canada's westernmost capital.

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This plaque was reimagined by Joanne Hammond's project #rewriteBC (Republic of Archaeology) as:

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