Vancouver Island
Aug 15th 2013, 7:31 pm
#32
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Aug 15th 2013, 7:43 pm
#33
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Aug 16th 2013, 4:58 am
#34
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Re: Vancouver Island
Originally Posted by james.mc
Vancouver Island is about the size of England.
Vancouver Island is about the size of England.
Aug 16th 2013, 12:32 pm
#36
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Aug 16th 2013, 4:06 pm
#38
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Re: Vancouver Island
I'll start the ball rolling..... Maybe 'Rivingtonpike' will chime in 
Vancouver Island is about the size of England. The south end of the island has climate similar to West England. This summer daytime temperatures have been ranging around 22-29 deg. During winter it rarely freezes and when it does, it doesn't stay that way for long.
Head north beyond the Malahat range and you will start experiencing colder winter weather but still warm summers.
Victoria is the Capital of BC and is a city well loved by it's residents. Talk to island residents about moving to the mainland and they'll probably look at you like you are mentally ill.
Why anyone would want to live on the mainland beats me.
There are a reasonable supply of jobs around but, as is often the case in Canada, not enough skilled people to fill them. Schools vary in quality as they do in any country but there are plenty of good schools around.
Here are some threads on the area....
Places to Live and good schools in or near Victoria.
Where to live on Vancouver Island
Help!! Vancouver Island
Moving to Langford, Vancouver Island
It might be better if your family member joins the forum and asks questions directly here in the Canada section of BE.
Vancouver Island is about the size of England. The south end of the island has climate similar to West England. This summer daytime temperatures have been ranging around 22-29 deg. During winter it rarely freezes and when it does, it doesn't stay that way for long.
Head north beyond the Malahat range and you will start experiencing colder winter weather but still warm summers.
Victoria is the Capital of BC and is a city well loved by it's residents. Talk to island residents about moving to the mainland and they'll probably look at you like you are mentally ill.
Why anyone would want to live on the mainland beats me.There are a reasonable supply of jobs around but, as is often the case in Canada, not enough skilled people to fill them. Schools vary in quality as they do in any country but there are plenty of good schools around.
Here are some threads on the area....
Places to Live and good schools in or near Victoria.
Where to live on Vancouver Island
Help!! Vancouver Island
Moving to Langford, Vancouver Island
It might be better if your family member joins the forum and asks questions directly here in the Canada section of BE.
Aug 16th 2013, 4:10 pm
#39
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Re: Vancouver Island
Which field are you standing in in the Cowichan Valley? That's where we live. Might even be standing in the same field!
It is a bit quieter out here, but if you like nice scenery, vineyards, the ocean, lakes, fishing etc, it's a great place to live. If you fight "Island Time", you'll go nuts, but if you accept that things are a bit slower than the GTA, for example, I personally think the pro's outweigh the cons.
It is a bit quieter out here, but if you like nice scenery, vineyards, the ocean, lakes, fishing etc, it's a great place to live. If you fight "Island Time", you'll go nuts, but if you accept that things are a bit slower than the GTA, for example, I personally think the pro's outweigh the cons.
Aug 16th 2013, 4:18 pm
#40
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Re: Vancouver Island
Where you live maybe!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia
With 2,193 hours of bright sunshine annually, Victoria is the sunniest place in British Columbia with the exception of Cranbook.[13] On July, 1958, during the hottest summer in provincial history, Victoria received 424.6 hours of sunshine, which is the most sunshine ever recorded in any month in British Columbia history. This record has since been broken on July 2013, with 432.8 hours of sunshine.[15] Often there is a break in the clouds over the Victoria area. Pilots use this "hole in the clouds" as a navigation aid, referring to it as the "blue hole".
Last edited by james.mc; Aug 16th 2013 at 4:22 pm.
Aug 16th 2013, 4:23 pm
#41
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Re: Vancouver Island
Aug 16th 2013, 4:57 pm
#42
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Re: Vancouver Island
Fair enough....
Aug 19th 2013, 7:48 pm
#45
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Re: Vancouver Island
There are tons of threads on here about Victoria, transportation is the main problem, getting up to Nanaimo with your car and then driving down from N Vancouver is a royal PITA and there is only a foot passenger ferry to Seattle. You can take a seaplane to Vancouver, great, but you can't fit your car on a seaplane.
So you're trapped there and the economy suffers as a result. Plus the traffic on Hwy 17 in Victoria is really bad at rush hour due to a lack of overpasses.