Well, according to the Google search engine, there are more than 242,000 web pages devoted to "James Bay Victoria BC".
And, one of the first internet listings, Vancouverisland.com, points out to visitors that "James Bay still boasts many pristine older residences that have retained their original Victorian splendour, many of which were owned by the original settlers of the Victoria area. The eastern end of James Bay was reclaimed in 1903 for the construction of the Empress Hotel." (See a heritage home in the neighborhood featured in "Snippets & Snapshots").
"Monday Magazine" (Volume 34, Issue #24") however found few assets in James Bay to crow about, preferring instead to describe several as, "the cruiseship deadzone of Ogden Point and the Guananamo charm of the Blackball terminal." Perhaps he overlooked the fact that 163 floating hotels with more than 325,000 visitors expect to park overnight at "the deadzone" in 2008, while two popular U.S. ferry operator call this neighborhood their home, not to mention a helijet service to Vancouver and the Canadian Coast Guard to name a few significant commercial income generators to this City.
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Photo Insert: Sunset June 14, 2008, three cruiseships berthed at Ogden Point.
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