It covers the maritime history of British Columbia with colorful exhibits and multimedia programs. The museum also houses the St Roch , the first vessel to travel east and west through the Northwest Passage and the first to circumnavigate North Ameri ca. One of the tallest totem poles in the world stands in front of the museum. The museum contains more than 20,000 artifacts, including Northwest Indian arts and totem poles. In the summer, you can buy Indian bread at the entrance.
Metered parking is nearby.
Also on campus is the Nitobe Memorial Japanese Garden , honoring Dr. Inazo Nitobe, a noted Japanese scholar and diplomat who died in Victoria in 1933. Go east of downtown to get a feel for pioneer times in British Columbia. Costumed villagers tend their stores and printing presses in Burnaby Heritage Village and Carousel , an open-air historical village. You can attend an old-fashioned church or buy curative snake oils in the apothecary, and the kids can find out what schools were like in the olden days. Deer Lake Ave.