> Melissa wrote: > > Just one thing you may want to adjust... > > > > It's "Vancouver Island", not "Victoria Island". Victoria is the city > > where the Empress Hotel is. :-) > > Thanks Melissa, > > I know that, yet I keep making the same mistake over and over again. It's > sort of like the definition of insanity, "doing the same thing over and over > and expecting a different outcome". > > One of these days, I'll get it right. Thanks for pointing it out to me.Now > if I could just get that fact to stay in my head...... > > Steve When I was a kid and being taught the capitals of the provinces of Canada, I used to think it was a plot dreamed up by a sadistic school principal to name the capital "Victoria" and yet put it on an island named after the larger city, "Vancouver", that wasn't even *on* the island. I was convinced it should either be "Vancouver" on "Vancouver Island", or "Victoria" on "Victoria Island". Definitely *not* "Victoria" on "Vancouver Island". I mean, really!... But Victoria -- even misnamed as it is -- is a lovely city and I love to visit my sister who lives almost on the water on Dallas Road as often as possible. -- Darryl *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 05 2007 - 05:47:24 PST
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