It is about a 15 minute walk from
downtown.
Fisherman’s Wharf began as part of Victoria’s commercial
fishing harbour where fishing boats brought in salmon, halibut and crab
from local waters.
In the 1990s the city redeveloped the docks into a public waterfront space.
Victoria was first settled by Europeans in 1843 when the Hudson’s
Bay Company established Fort Victoria as a trading post.
It quickly grew into a key port and became the capital of British Columbia in 1868.
The inner harbour in the city’s centre is always active with boats, ferries, water taxis and planes.
Our flight out gave us a beautiful morning sunrise to send us off to our next stop.
In Victoria, on Vancouver Island, the tradition is to take a plunge on New Year's Day in one of the many beaches in Victoria.
Some people consider it an invigorating start to the new year.
It rarely snows and the rest of Canada jokes that it is Canada's Banana Belt.
Because it has such mild (Canadian) winters it is the home for many Canadian retirees.
That puts it on the list of possible locations for John and me when we decide we want to "Adult It" again.
So we figured since we were in Canada in November/December, why not check out Victoria in the winter.
We woke up one morning and had to ask ourselves "What happened!?!?!?!"
It is on our radar as a place to possibly settle down if/when we decide to be stable adults again.
