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Think you Know your Victoria Geography?

November 22, 2013 by thestevehof 5 Comments

Can you tell us where these photos from days gone by were taken?

We’ve gone with five fairly easy ones this week, just to get off to a quick start….

Leave your guesses in the comments below, and try to guess the year as well.

Photo #1

Old Vic Pic 1

Photo #2

Old Vic Pic 2

Photo #3

Old Vic Pic 3

Photo #4

Old Vic Pic 4

Photo #5

Old Vic Pic 5

Like I said, these ones were pretty easy.  If anyone gets them all right, we’ll kick up the difficulty level a bit.

by Steve Hof

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community, historic, history, pictures, tectoria, Victoria Trivia

Comments

  1. Peter R. says

    November 22, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    #1 – Standard Furniture, south side of Yates between Douglas and Blanshard. Burned down late 80’s, picture is from 1960.
    #2 – Douglas and View, looking West. Late 70’s.
    #3 – Wharf Street looking south form the bottom of Fort, around 1890
    #4 – ….?
    #5 – Hillside and Quadra, late 50s?

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    • tectoria says

      November 22, 2013 at 11:12 pm

      Wow, impressive Peter. I’ll post exact years early next week, but your locations, aside from the unanswered one, are outstanding!

      Reply
      • Peter R. says

        November 23, 2013 at 6:34 am

        Last piece of the puzzle: #4 is Victoria City Hall, 1895

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        • thestevehof says

          December 5, 2013 at 2:23 am

          Nice! Well done people

          Reply
  2. Phil Bailey says

    November 22, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    #1: Scott Building (current home of VIATeC), 1965
    #2: Bay Centre, 1975
    #3 : Wharf Street, 1890
    #4: Customs Building on Wharf Street, 1870
    #5: Hillside at Quadra Street, 1963

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