Downtown Victoria Tour
Belleville Street – Sightseeing Guide
Belleville Street runs east-west to the south of Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
Here is a Google Street View image of Belleville Street between Government Street and Menzies Street:
Here is a map showing the location of Belleville Street
Here are some of the sights along Belleville Street:
The Steamship Terminal, 396-470 Belleville Street, built in 1924 by architects Francis Rattenbury and Percy Leonard James. Seen from Belleville Street.
396-470 Belleville Street – Steamship Terminal
Built in 1924 by architects Francis Rattenbury and Percy Leonard James for the C.P.R., which used it as its Victoria Steamship Terminal.
The Empress Hotel and the Causeway, seen from the Steamship Terminal on Belleville Street
Empress Hotel – 721 Government Street
The Empress Hotel was built between 1904 and 1908 by architect Francis Rattenbury for the Canadian Pacific Railway as part of its Canada wide chain of hotels.
Thunderbird Park – Belleville Street at Douglas Street
Wawadit’la, also known as Mungo Martin House, was built on this Thunderbird Park site in 1953. The Kwakwaka’walw Heraldic Pole in front of the building was also carved in 1953.
The Crystal Garden, 701-711 Douglas Street
Crystal Garden – Douglas Street at Belleville Street
The Crystal Garden was built in 1925 by architects Francis Rattenbury and Percy Leonard James for the Canadian Pacific Railway, which used it as a swimming pool and convention center for the Empress Hotel.
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