Victoria - Maritime Museum Of British Columbia

The former Court House (1869) in Bastion Square is now the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, displaying a host of items from the age of sail. Centerpiece of the exhibition is the "Tilikum", a large Indian canoe in which, at the beginning of the century, some fearless souls voyaged to England. Also commemorated - appropriately enough in the old Court House - is the legendary Richard Matthew Begbie whose administration of justice at the end of the 19th c. led to his being christened "the Hanging Judge".