Victoria Day Weekend in Victoria, BC
By David Stevens, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty
(Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Victoria BC Canada)
Victoria Day, this year on May 18th, is celebrated throughout Canada as Queen Victoria's Birthday, and being the first long weekend of the season the holiday timing couldn't be better. The tourist businesses and attractions are opening up and our city is putting on its early show with new flowers. Victoria is steeped in history as well as the arts. The Canadian Pacific Ballet is putting on a special performance of Victoria and Albert at the Royal Theatre and the McPherson Theatre, for this weekend only, 16 - 17 May, 2009. You can also see what life was like for soldiers in 1859 or World War II at a Military Encampment, showing British Columbia’s military history and re-enacted by over 30 volunteers at the Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site. You will see demonstrations, uniforms a...
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