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Victoria (B.C.)

Викторија (B.C.)

فكتوريا (B.C.)

ビクトリア (B.C.)

빅토리아 (B.C.)

Βικτωρια (B.C.)

維多利亞 (B.C.)

ויקטוריה (B.C.)


  • [A site chosen as a fur-trade post in 1842 was named Fort Victoria June 10, 1843. The townsite adjacent to the fort was surveyed 1851-1852, and incorporated as the City of Victoria in 1862.]

  • URI(s)

  • Codes

    • n-cn-bc

  • Variants

    • Corporation of the City of Victoria (B.C.)
    • City of Victoria (B.C.)
    • فكتوريا (B.C.)
    • Fiktūriyā (B.C.)
    • Viktoriya (B.C.)
    • Виктория (B.C.)
    • Viktorii︠a︡ (B.C.)
    • Βικτωρια (B.C.)
    • Viktōria (B.C.)
    • Viktorio (B.C.)
    • 빅토리아 (B.C.)
    • Pikt'oria (B.C.)
    • Виктори (B.C.)
    • Viktori (B.C.)
    • ויקטוריה (B.C.)
    • Ṿiḳṭoryah (B.C.)
    • Viktorija (B.C.)
    • ビクトリア (B.C.)
    • Bikutoria (B.C.)
    • Викторија (B.C.)
    • Вікторія (B.C.)
    • Wiktoriye (B.C.)
    • 維多利亞 (B.C.)
    • Weiduoliya (B.C.)

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

    • Descriptor

        Cities and towns

    • Associated Locale

        Canada

  • Has Demonym

  • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Broader Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Earlier Established Forms

  • Sources

    • found: Vancouver & Victoria. [FS] n.d.
    • found: NLC 3/20/81(AACR 2: Victoria (B.C.))
    • found: Its Annual report ... 1987:t.p. (Corporation of the City of Victoria, B.C.)
    • found: NLC, 10-06-98(hdg.: Victoria (B.C.); the site chosen in 1842 as a fur-trade post was officially named Fort Victoria, June 10, 1843. The townsite adjacent to the fort was surveyed 1851-52, and incorporated as the City of Victoria in 1862. By 1864, the original fort had disappeared)
    • found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 48°25ʹ59ʺN 123°22ʹ09ʺW)
    • found: Wikipedia, October 31, 2014(Victoria, British Columbia; capital city of British Columbia, Canada; The Corporation of the City of Victoria; 48°25ʹ43ʺN 123°21ʹ56ʺW) Arabic page (فكتوريا = Fiktūriyā) Azerbaijani page (Viktoriya [in roman]) Bulgarian page (Виктория = Viktorii︠a︡) Greek page (Βικτωρία = Viktōria) Esperanto page (Viktorio) Korean page (빅토리아 = Pikt'oria) Ossetic page (Виктори = Viktori) Hebrew page (ויקטוריה = Ṿiḳṭoryah) Latvian page (Viktorija) Lithuanian page (Viktorija) Japanese page (ビクトリア = Bikutoria) Russian page (Виктория = Viktorii︠a︡) Albanian page (Viktoria) Serbian page (Викторија = Viktorija) Ukrainian page (Вікторія = Viktorii︠a︡) Uyghur page (Wiktoriye [in roman]) Chinese page (維多利亞 = Weiduoliya)
    • found: LAC internal file, December 3, 2020(heading: Victoria (B.C.); variants: Fort Victoria (B.C.); Victoria (C.-B.))

  • General Notes

    • [A site chosen as a fur-trade post in 1842 was named Fort Victoria June 10, 1843. The townsite adjacent to the fort was surveyed 1851-1852, and incorporated as the City of Victoria in 1862.]

  • Editorial Notes

    • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]
    • [Old catalog heading: Victoria, B.C.]

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  • Change Notes

    • 1981-11-23: new
    • 2020-12-04: revised

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