British Columbia
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Photo Descriptions
Western British Columbia Alphabet
Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria
A appears in the curtains of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Dining Room in the
British Columbia Parliament building built in the late 1800s on the Inner Harbour, Victoria.
B jumped out as an interesting doorway to a jewelry store on bustling Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver.
C is in a classic copy of a First Nations long house at the Royal British Columbia museum in Victoria.
D is on its side, the house is on Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver.
E is in the light poles on the Convention Center Plaza on Burrard Inlet in Vancouver.
F is part of the Tori gate at the entrance to the Japanese Garden at Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.
G is on this golden gate that is the entrance to the legislative chamber in the BC Parliament Building.
H is on the art deco Marine Building on Burrard Street in Vancouver.
I is ideally placed on top of the Information Center in Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
J shows up next to the flowers along the street in Victoria.
K is on the leaded glass door in the BC Parliament building in Victoria.
L is looking over the ledge of the covered bridge at the little creek that runs through Whistler.
M is in the architectural details of St Paul’s hospital on Burrard Street in Vancouver.
N is noticeable on the 2nd Narrows Bridge in Burren bay in Vancouver’s harbour.
O is a huge globe hanging like an “O” from the ceiling in the new “green” Vancouver Convention Center.
P provides a perfect view of the mountains from the chair lift coming down the slopes in Whistler.
Q … quixotic, quirky, and quite a surprise to see a Q on Robson Street in Vancouver.
R is on this window, made in honor of Victoria Regina’s Diamond Jubilee. It is in the BC Parliament building
in Victoria.
S is in the serpentine shape of an Imperial Dragon which signals the entrance to Victoria’s Chinatown, the oldest in Canada.
T is tall totem poles towering in downtown Duncan.
U is the unusual, unique, and ornate detail on the facade of the Royal Theatre on Broughton Street in Victoria.
V stands out on the very tall Sheraton Hotel reflected here on Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver.
W is in the waves on the roof of Canada Place in Vancouver, which represent the 10 Canadian provinces.
X is an eXcellent shot of the Lion’s Gate Bridge linking Vancouver to North Vancouver and northern BC.
Y is holding up the canopy in Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.
Z is holding up the long fishing pier in Sidney-by-the-Sea looking across the strait to Washington.
marymnorth © 2010
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