Museums

Maritime Museum of BC

Submitted by Maritime Museum... on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 14:56
Photo Credit: Maritime Museum of BC

The Maritime Museum of BC is located in a former provincial courthouse in old Victoria's Bastion Square. The 1889 building is now a National Historic Site which features the fully restored courtroom where former provincial Chief Justice Matthew Baillie Begbie - "The Hanging Judge" - once handed down his sentences.

Fisgard Lighthouse

Submitted by Day Trips Canada on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 20:56
Photo Credit: Old Itch

The first permanent lighthouse on Canada's west coast, Fisgard Lighthouse was built in 1860 and to this day remains an important landmark for Canada. Now a National Historic Site of Canada, Fisgard Lighthouse offers visitors historic exhibits and a video station inside the former keeper's house.

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