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Title: Victoria, B.C., Canada, Vancouver Island : fishing, shooting, golf, motoring, and all outdoor sports the whole year round in a mild and sunshiny climate without any extremes of heat or cold / by Richard L. Pocock ; edited, illustrated and published, with introduction, by Victoria Branch, V.I.D. League.
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Pocock, Richard L Vancouver Island Development League. Victoria Branch
Subjects: Game and game-birds Fishing
Publisher: (Victoria, B.C. : Victoria Branch, Vancouver Island Development League)
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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bicycling, riding,driving, sea-bathing, and sailing are among the sports andpastimes which can be followed during the year, and indeedthere is not a month in which sport of various kinds isnot available. The recent palatial ice rink for artificial ice skating hasadded the last touch, and visitors and citizens can nowenjoy this fascinating exercise, or attend the ice hockeymatches, while the fall roses or the spring daffodils areblooming. You cannot name a city in the world which begins tocompare with Victoria for its out-of-door variety andappeal to the lovers of the open. Men and women travelthousands of miles to secure one or another form of outdoorrecreation. Here in Victoria it is possible to combine nearlyevery known form of outdoor exercise and recreation, andunder climatic conditions which are incomparable. Average highest temperature at Victoria during last20 years, 84.2 degrees above zero. Average lowest tem-perature at Victoria during last 20 years, 17.3 degreesabove zero. 1
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SPORTSMANS CALENDAR FOR FISHING AND= SHOOTING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND =FROM VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Jan. —For the Shooter: Ducks, Geese, Snipe. For the Fisherman: Grilse in salt water with a goodcha,nce for a Spring- Salmon.Feb. —For the Shooter: Ducks, Geese, Snipe. For the Fisherman: Grilse and Spring Salmon.Mar.—For the Shooter: Geese (Brant and Canada Geese).For the Fisherman: Grilse and Spring Salmon,Trout, iSteelheads; Trout-fishing opens March 26th.April—For the Shooter: Geese, Black Bear. For the Fisherman: Trout, Steelheads, Grilse, SpringSalmon. May —For the Shooter: Black Bear. For the Fisherman: Trout, Grilse, small run of CohoSalmon, June—For the Fisheirman: Trout, Black Bass, Grilse, smallrun of Coho Salmon. (Best month for iSea Trout.) July—For the Fisherman: Trout, Black Bass. Aug.—For the Shooter: Wild Pigeons (Band-Tail). For the Fisherman: Trout, Spring Salmon, BlackBass. Sept.—For the Shooter*: Grouse, Deer, Ducks, Geese, Snipe,iPigeons, Bevictoriabccanada00poco_0

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