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yesterdaysprint: “Wharf and Bastion streets, Victoria BC, 1949 ” Bastion street is now actually Bastion square, it’s been filled in and is used for public markets and things like that. There are stories about the square being haunted because public...   High-res

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Wharf and Bastion streets, Victoria BC, 1949

Bastion street is now actually Bastion square, it’s been filled in and is used for public markets and things like that. 

There are stories about the square being haunted because public hangings used to take place there. It was also the original site of Fort Victoria, when the island was first colonized by the Hudson’s Bay company.

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William Pridmore; champion walker, Victoria BC, ca. 1880 (Pedestrianism, or competitive walking, was quite a fad in the 19th century with championship competitions in England, the United States, Australia and Canada where contestants would walk...   High-res

William Pridmore; champion walker, Victoria BC, ca. 1880

(Pedestrianism, or competitive walking, was quite a fad in the 19th century with championship competitions in England, the United States, Australia and Canada where contestants would walk hundreds of miles.)

James Dunsmuir and two girls, Victoria BC, ca. 1905 James “Boy” Dunsmuir died in 1915 aboard the Lusitania, when it was sunk by German torpedoes. He was only 21. Boy was crossing to join the British army, the Royal Scots Greys specifically.   High-res

James Dunsmuir and two girls, Victoria BC, ca. 1905

James “Boy” Dunsmuir died in 1915 aboard the Lusitania, when it was sunk by German torpedoes. He was only 21. Boy was crossing to join the British army, the Royal Scots Greys specifically.