ROUTES
Operator: British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER)
URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES
| 1 | Downtown – Fort St. – Oak Bay |
| 2 | Cloverdale – Douglas St. – Government St. – Downtown – Outer Wharf |
| 3 | Fernwood – Downtown – Beacon Hill Park |
| 4 | Downtown – Government St . – Bay St. – Esquimalt |
| 5 | Downtown – Government St . – Bay St. – The Gorge |
| 6 | Hillside – Douglas St. – Downtown – Fort St. – Cook St. – Foul Bay |
| 9 | Downtown – Fort St. – Uplands |
| 10 | Burnside – Douglas St. – Downtown – Fort St. – Mount Tolmie Park |
| 11 | Downtown – Fort St. – Exhibition Park |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Victoria streetcar lines: 37.4 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars: 22 Feb. 1890 - 03 July 1948.
GAUGE
- Victoria streetcars: 1435 mm. (?)
SOURCES
- Ewert, H. The story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1986.
- Davenport's Commercial Map of Greater Victoria Victoria: Island Blue Print and Map Company, 1921, 1944.
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