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Orca Spirit Adventures.
146 Kingston Street, Marina Level, Victoria, BC V8V 1V4. Phone:
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Our tour takes you around our coastal waters in search of marine
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Birding
Guide service and
birding tours
Birding/Naturalist Guide service for Victoria and southern Vancouver Island, B.C.
The tours are available for tourists, small groups and local area beginners, and are
custom designed by birding season, target species location, rare bird sightings,
trail/area accessibility, and walk/hike difficulty. Tours go for 1 1/2 hours and
longer. The tours are provided by Birding Victoria, a subset of Birding in British
Columbia, an online magazine produced and edited by K. Slagboom. (See Go Northwest! links
under "birding".)
Fishing
eX-stream Steelhead Guide Service.
1040 Jenkins Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V9B 2N7.
Phone: 250-474-3619; Fax: 250-475-4434. E-mail.
Golf
Arbutus
Ridge Golf & Country Club. 35 minutes north of
Victoria. 3515 Telegraph Road, Cobble Hill, BC V0R 1L0. Tee and
Court Times: 250-743-5000; Dinner Reservations and Banquet Information:
250-743-5100; Fax: 250-743-5518. E-mail
Cordova Bay Golf Course
Situated 20 minutes from downtown Victoria, against the backdrop
of majestic Mt. Baker, the golf course offers refuge for over thirty species
of birds and mammals, including the spectacular bald eagle, blue heron and osprey and has
recently begun working toward receiving certification from the Audubon Society as a
wildlife sanctuary. Read about facilities, tee times and green fees.
Olympic
View Golf Club. 643 Latoria Road, Victoria, BC V9C 3A3.
Phone: 250-474-3673; Fax: 250-474-4001. E-mail
Kayaking & Boating
Gorge Kayaking Center.
2940 Jutland Road, Victoria, BC. Phone: 250.380.4668; Toll-free: 1-877-380-4668.
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The Whale Watcher's Guide: Whale-Watching Trips in North America.
by Patricia Corrigan, Roger Payne
Paperback, 328 pages, Updated
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Killer
Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British
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by John K. B. Ford, Graeme M. Ellis, Kenneth C., III Balcomb
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Kayaking Vancouver Island: Great Trips from Port Hardy to Victoria
by Gary Backlund, Paul Grey
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lunch sites, currents, tides,
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Easykayaker: A Guide to Laid-Back Vancouver Island Paddling
by Paul Grey, Gary Backlund
Paperback: 192 pages, Greyswan Publications, January 1, 2002.
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