Transportation in Capital Regional District, British Columbia

Chapters: Victoria International Airport, Victoria Regional Transit System, Trial Islands, British Columbia, Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, Galloping Goose Regional Trail, List of Airports in the Victoria Area, Victoria Inner Harbour Airport, Lochside Regional Trail, Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome, Bedwell Harbour Water Aerodrome, Port Washington Water Aerodrome, Mayne Island Water Aerodrome, Ganges Water Aerodrome. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Victoria International Airport - The airport started in 1914 as a grass strip, and was used as a military training base. The airport is located beside Patricia Bay, which, due to the prevalence of flying boats at the time, proved to be an excellent location. The Department of Transport took over the airport in 1948. It was then called Victoria (Patricia Bay) Airport, and many locals still refer to it as the "Pat Bay Airport." Trans-Canada Airlines (later Air Canada) began regular service in 1943. The last of the Royal Canadian Air Force forces left the airport in 1952, but 443 Helicopter Squadron of Canadian Forces Air Command began operating CH-124 Sea King ship-borne anti-submarine helicopters from Victoria International Airport (which the military refers to as Patricia Bay) in the late 1980s. In 1959, the airport was renamed to its present name of the Victoria International Airport. In 1997, as part of a broad scale restructuring of airports across Canada, Transport Canada (formerly the Department of Transport), gave operational control of the airport to the Victoria Airport Authority. In 2000, the Airport Authority began the process of renovating and expanding the terminal to meet passenger needs. In 2002, the new Airside holdroom was built, as well as a new Arrivals Rotunda. By 2005, the new Depar...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=708609