Canada - Brentwood Bay, Victoria Butterfly Gardens

International Postcard Week

October 5-11, 2025

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Victoria Butterfly Gardens 

Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada

This postcard was postmarked in 2025.

Four Postcards from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Parliament Buildings, Victoria British Columbia, Canada 

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City of Many Charms

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City of Flowers

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Netherlands Carillon Tower

 

Canada - Vancouver Island

Wickaninnish Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Experience the beauty and grandeur of this magnificient beach in the Pacific Rim National Park.

The sender writes:
There are many beaches like this in British Columbia and Victoria.  We have a lot of trees and forests here as well.  We don't have a lot of fairs or community functions but we have a few.  There is the Luxton Rodeo, which has horse shows and rides with food that happens at the end of May!  We also have a lot of races (running) and walk-a-thons that raise money for different kinds of cancers and diseases like MS.  Camping is also a big thing here in Canada.  Taking a tent and traveling outside the city you live in.
2009

Canada - British Columbia, Kelowna, Waterfront Walkway

Welcome to Kelowna
British Columbia, Canada

A variety of floral displays and intriguing sculptures adorn the parks near Kelowna's waterfront walkway.

Photo by Mel Basaraba
2016

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Kelowna name derives from an Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear".

Canada - British Columbia, Craigellachie, The Last Spike, Railway

British Columbia
The Last Spike
Craigellachie
Canada

Here was driven the "Last Spike" of the Canadian Pacific Railway, connecting the rails from east to west, on November 7, 1885.

Photo by Mel Basaraba

This postcard is from 2016.

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Craigellachie is a locality in British Columbia, located several kilometres to the west of the Eagle Pass summit between Sicamous and Revelstoke.

It was named after the village of Craigellachie on the River Spey in Moray, Scotland, the ancestral home of Sir George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). At a critical time in the railway's development, Stephen travelled to Britain to raise desperately needed capital funding; when he succeeded, he telegraphed his associates in Canada quoting the familiar motto of Clan Grant: "Stand fast, Craigellachie!"

Canada - British Columbia, Cathedral Grove, Giant Trees

Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada

Photo Eric J. Cooke

Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Park on Hwy. No. 4 between Parksville and the Albernis is a living monument of giant Douglas Fir Trees and other native species.

The largest are 800 years old, but most sprouted when a fire opened the forest about 300 years ago.

Vancouver, Island, British Columbia
1995

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To give it a little perspective:  The oldest trees sprouted when Genghis Khan was alive - or about  300 years before Columbus found America!

Canada - Legislative Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

The Legislative Buildings, Victoria, B.C., Canada

Photo: John L. Barnard

Framed by Victoria's distinctive hanging flower baskets and bright floral welcome, the Legislative Buildings stands like a sentinel by the Inner Harbour.
1986

Canada - Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010

This postcard features the mascot Miga.

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This postcard features the mascot Quatchi.

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Canada Olympics postcard
Vancouver 2010

This postcard features the mascot Sumi.


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The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were introduced on November 27, 2007.

The mascots include:
Miga - A mythical sea bear, part orca and part kermode bear.

Quatchi - A sasquatch. He comes from the mysterious forests of Canada and dreams of being a hockey goalie.

Sumi - An animal guardian spirit with the wings of the Thunderbird and legs of a black bear who wears a hat of an orca whale. He lives in the mountains of British Columbia.

Miga and Quatchi are mascots for the Olympic Games, while Sumi is the mascot for the Paralympic Games

Canada - Vancouver, British Columbia, Lion's Gate Bridge at Sunset

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Lion's Gate Bride connects Stanley Park to North Vancouver.
Photo: L. Fisher
2010