Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)

For other uses, see Victoria Harbour (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Port Victoria (disambiguation) or Port of Victoria (disambiguation).
Public Port of Victoria
Aerial view of Victoria Harbour up to Selkirk Water, 11 December 2008
Map
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Location
CountryCanada
LocationVictoria, British Columbia
Coordinates48°25′16″N 123°23′34″W / 48.42111°N 123.39278°W / 48.42111; -123.39278[1]
Details
Operated byTransport Canada
Owned byTransport Canada
Type of harbourcoastal breakwater
Size of harbour250 ha (620 acres)[2]
Port ManagerZoe Polden
Statistics
Vessel arrivals202 cruise ships in 2008
228 cruise ships in 2009
at Ogden Point (excludes ferries)
Passenger traffic380,000 cruise ship passengers in 2008
400,000 cruise ship passengers in 2009
at Ogden Point (excludes ferry passengers)
Website
https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/ports-harbours-anchorages/port-victoria

Victoria Harbour is a harbour, seaport, and seaplane airport in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia. It serves as a cruise ship and ferry destination for tourists and visitors to the city and Vancouver Island. It is both a port of entry and an airport of entry for general aviation. Historically it was a shipbuilding and commercial fishing centre. While the Inner Harbour is fully within the City of Victoria, separating the city's downtown on its east side from the Victoria West neighbourhood, the Upper Harbour serves as the boundary between the City of Victoria and the district municipality of Esquimalt.[1] The inner reaches are also bordered by the district of Saanich and the town of View Royal. Victoria is a federal "public harbour" as defined by Transport Canada.[1][3] Several port facilities in the harbour are overseen and developed by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, however the harbour master's position is with Transport Canada.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Victoria Harbour". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ 250 = 180 + 70. See: "Victoria Harbour: Interesting facts". Capital Regional District. Retrieved 2010-02-02."Portage Inlet: Interesting Facts". Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  3. ^ "British Columbia Ports Strategy" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Small Business and Economic Development and British Columbia Ministry of Transportation. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ^ Featherby, D. (15 May 2008). "Port of Victoria Public Notice. Subject: 7 kts speed restriction in the Outer Harbour" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Greater Victoria Harbour Authority". Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference harbour_master was invoked but never defined (see the help page).