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# Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- URL: https://www.nohousekeys.com/vancouver-island/
- Published: 2026-09-18T10:42:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:22:28.000Z
- Description: 48.5653,-123.4705|British Columbia
- Author: Maxwell Duke
- Tags: #map-location, #route-1000, #Import 2026-09-18 10:29

Onward to exploring Victoria, Vancouver Island, and tooling around the Vancouver area. Incredibly beautiful natural scenery. Friendly, helpful people. Kindness galore. We were surprised to experience just how friendly and kind Canadians are. They lack the "othering" lenses Americans have been trained to use. They are genuinely eager to welcome, help, inform, explain... Americans, heads up and take a lesson from our Northern neighbors.

![PJ at Butchart Gardens](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/nhk-final-20260918/photo-stops/butchart-gardens/0192.webp)

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Gorgeous Butchart Gardens

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4164-1.jpeg)

another ferry

![A Craftsman-style house in Victoria](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/nhk-final-20260918/photo-stops/victoria/0211.webp)

Our home away from home in Victoria, British Columbia

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4177.jpeg)

Suited up for whale watching, Victoria, BC

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4179.jpeg)

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There were humpbacks EVERYWHERE. But we were too busy whale watching to capture good pictures. 

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4202.jpeg)

Victoria Harbor

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4217.jpeg)

Chinatown, Victoria, BC

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4269.jpeg)

It really is true Canadians are the nicest people ever. And they do apologize basically constantly. 

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4286.jpeg)

Enjoyed a proper English style high tea in Victoria. Ya know, when in Rome. 

![](https://www.nohousekeys.com/content/images/2026/09/IMG_4300.jpeg)

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Beauty