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Re: Route Vancouver to Victoria

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From: David Tang
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:58
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"Claire Petersky" <cpetersky@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message news:nZUUf.4745$HW2.567@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> "Kir�ly" <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote in message news:6eOUf.1725$B_1.496@edtnps89...
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>> After you get off the ferry on the Island, the Pat Bay Highway is the
>> fastest way into downtown Victoria.  It has pretty heavy traffic and is
>> quite boring, though.  For a more scenic route with less traffic, have a
>> look at this:
>>
>> http://www.gvcc.bc.ca/recrides/rides202.jpg
>
> Would the GVCC mail that to me, or is that available from some governmental department? And do you have a sense of the relative 
> distance from the ferry to downtown Victoria, either on the main highway, which I've driven, and some more scenic route as 
> indicated by the jpg cited above?



There are PDFs of cycling trails at http://www.crd.bc.ca/parks/brochure.htm.
It looks like they cover the routes indicated on the above map.
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