5th Annual Aboriginal Youth, Violence, & Changing Times Training Conference
"Ending Violence-Strengthening Our Circle"
March 14-17, 2007
Saanich Fairgrounds, Victoria BC
Area Information
The
Aboriginal Youth Conference will be held on the Saanich Territory. The
conference site is at the Saanich Fairgrounds on the Saanich Peninsula.
The Saanich Peninsula area is located on the southern tip of Vancouver
Island near Victoria BC in Canada.
About Saanich Peninsula
(Area Population: 36,713)
The beautiful rolling landscape of the Saanich Peninsula is dotted with farms, communities, parks, forests, lakes, and ocean inlets. Located just outside of the main city of Victoria. Two main routes run between Sidney and Greater Victoria: Highway 17, known as the Pat Bay Highway (15-25 minute drive), and Highway 17A (20-30 minute drive), also called West Saanich Road. Highway 17 is the most direct route to Victoria.
More About Our Location in Canada?
Vancouver Island glows on the south-eastern edge of British Columbia on Canada's west coast. The Coast Mountains frontier its northern and eastern margins, while Vancouver Island is just west across the Strait of Georgia and the United States border is just 25 miles/40 kilometers to the south.
About Saanich Peninsula
(Area Population: 36,713)
The beautiful rolling landscape of the Saanich Peninsula is dotted with farms, communities, parks, forests, lakes, and ocean inlets. Located just outside of the main city of Victoria. Two main routes run between Sidney and Greater Victoria: Highway 17, known as the Pat Bay Highway (15-25 minute drive), and Highway 17A (20-30 minute drive), also called West Saanich Road. Highway 17 is the most direct route to Victoria.
More About Our Location in Canada?
Vancouver Island glows on the south-eastern edge of British Columbia on Canada's west coast. The Coast Mountains frontier its northern and eastern margins, while Vancouver Island is just west across the Strait of Georgia and the United States border is just 25 miles/40 kilometers to the south.
Beautiful Vancouver Island is the largest island off of the west coast of North America, it is rated as North America’s best island by Travel + Leisure and ranked as the best temperate climate worldwide by Condé Nast Traveler. You can travel to Vancouver Island by the BC Ferries or Victoria International Airport
About Victoria
The local city of the Saanich Peninsula area on Vancouver Island is Victoria. It is a city of 326,000 residents, and it is the capital city of British Columbia, and is known as Canada's Best Blooming City. Victoria sits on the south tip of Vancouver Island off the west coast of British Columbia in Canada. Known as the “Garden City” for its year-round mild climate. Greater Victoria covers an area of 335 square miles compared to the size of Holland. Visitors to Victoria on Vancouver Island boast an array of outdoor activities such as hiking, boating and wildlife watching that take full advantage of the city’s beautiful coastal setting and the mountain vistas that surround the area.
Weather
The temperate climate is influenced by the island’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean. The area enjoys warm and dry summers, and mild, wet winters.
March Temperatures/Rainfall/Snowfall:
Temperature: 10 degrees celcius ~maximum
Temperature: 2 degrees celcius~minimum
Rainfall Average is: 66 millimeters/month
Snowfall Average is: 4 centimeters/month
For weather
forecast click the link: http://theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CABC0313.htm?CABC0313
Source: http://theweathernetwork.com/weather/stats/pages/C02046.htm?CABC0313 the weather statistics displayed here represents the average value of each meteorological parameter for each month of the year. The sampling period for this data covers 30 years from 1961 to 1990.
Source: http://theweathernetwork.com/weather/stats/pages/C02046.htm?CABC0313 the weather statistics displayed here represents the average value of each meteorological parameter for each month of the year. The sampling period for this data covers 30 years from 1961 to 1990.
World
Famous Local Attractions
Butchart Gardens
Butterfly Gardens
Quick Facts
* In 2005, 2002 and 2001, Vancouver Island was named “Best Island in the Continental U.S. and Canada” by Travel + Leisure
* Occupying an area about the size of Holland, Vancouver Island stretches 320 miles and boasts 2,150 miles of coastline.
* Vancouver Island was ranked the “Sixth Best Island in the World” in 2002 by Travel + Leisure
* Butchart Gardens was founded in 1904 by Jennie Butchart as a small flower bed outside her residence and opened to the public in 1915. The gardens now cover more than 50 acres and contain countless varieties of plants and flowers in addition to serene ponds, tumbling waterfalls and wandering paths.
