We liked to vary our daily walks so we made a few trips into Victoria to explore the neighborhood to the southeast of the Inner Harbour, near Beacon Hill Park. Charlie enjoyed walking along the coastal walkway leading westward from the park to the breakwater at the entrance to the Inner Harbour. You can walk out on the breakwater and see the small lighthouse at the end, as well as the huge cruise ships moored nearby. On a clear day you can see the snow-capped Olympic Mountains to the south in Washington.
“The Trans-Canada Highway, uniformly designated as Highway 1 in the four western provinces, begins in Victoria, British Columbia at the intersection of Douglas Street and Dallas Road (where the “Mile 0” plaque stands) and passes northward along the east coast of Vancouver Island for 99 km (62 mi) to Nanaimo. Short freeway segments of the TCH can be found near Victoria and Nanaimo, but the rest of the highway on Vancouver Island operates mostly as a heavily signalized low-to-limited-mobility arterial road that uniquely (for the Trans-Canada Highway system) does not bypass any of its areas of urban sprawl, particularly Nanaimo and Duncan. The section of Highway 1 that crosses the Malahat northwest of Victoria has no stoplights yet, but is tightly pinched by rugged terrain that prevents comprehensive widening to four lanes and sometimes forces closure for hours at a time after a traffic accident. The Departure Bay ferry is the only marine link on the Trans-Canada system that has no freeway or other high mobility highway access, instead routing TCH traffic through downtown Nanaimo streets to reach the ferry to Vancouver.” (quote taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway)
Carrie preferred exploring the neighborhoods adjacent to the park. This part of Victoria was developed in the early 20th century and there are many beautiful old houses and yards.
