On the Street Where You LiveAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 1 May 2001
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Today, the streets of Victoria are busy thoroughfares. Yesterday, they were simple trails, used by the Hudsons Bay Company men and the First Nations people who traded with them and helped build their fort. Then came the gold miners, followed by the bankers and businessmen, sailors and saloon-keepers, poets, postmasters, architects and astronomers. Theyre remembered in Victorias citys streets . . .and every street name tells a story: Courtney Street is a misspelled memorial to Captain George W. Courtenay, whose Constance was one of the first of Her Majestys vessels to sail into Esquimalt Harbour in the 1840s. Fan Tan Alley provides a tantalizing glimpse into 1800s Chinatown, where Fan Tan gambling dens existed alongside brothels and opium factories that fuelled the gamblers fortunes. Rattenbury Place is named for the ill-fated architect who designed the Empress Hotel and the Parliament Buildings. Dandas knack for colourful, no-nonsense writing makes history come alive. Youll sympathize with the characters she writes about, enjoy them and through their eyes experience 19-century Victoria in a way youve never experienced it before.
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