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Photo gallery: Victoria Day parades of years past
In a typical year, Monday would have seen thousands of people crowd along Douglas Street for the annual Victoria Day Parade. This year, because of COVID-19, things will be different: For the first time in 12 decades, the parade has been cancelled — no floats, no marching bands, no waving clowns.
The long weekend doesn’t seem complete without a parade of some kind, though, so we’ve pulled some of our favourite photos from past events from the archives.
We hope you enjoy this parade down memory lane — and look forward to the parade’s return in 2021.
The long weekend doesn’t seem complete without a parade of some kind, though, so we’ve pulled some of our favourite photos from past events from the archives.
We hope you enjoy this parade down memory lane — and look forward to the parade’s return in 2021.
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Cadborosaurus makes it way through the Victoria Day Parade, 1955
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Times Colonist file photograph
Victoria Day Paradem 1988
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Times Colonist files
The City of Victoria's float in Victoria Day parade in 1986.
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Times Colonist file photograph
Victoria Day parade in 1969.
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Times Colonist file photograph
Reynolds Secondary School band in the 2017 Victoria Day Parade.
Photograph By
Darren Stone, Times Colonist
The Aberdeen high school marching band from Washington state.
Photograph By
Adrian Lam, Times Colonist
The Reynolds Secondary School band, 2018.
Photograph By
ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist
The Oregon City Hichscchool marching band makes its way down Douglas Street on May 20, 2019.
Photograph By
ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist
Victoria Day Parade, 1968
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Times Colonist files
Victoria Day parade in 1976.
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Times Colonist file photograph
Victoria Day Parade- 1959
Photograph By
William Boucher
Victoria Day Parade, 1968
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Times Colonist file photograph
The Expo '86 float in the Victoria Day parade in 1985.
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Times Colonist file photograph
A performer entertains the crowd, 2012.
Photograph By
ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist
The Victoria Fire Department horse-drawn pumper, 2013.
Photograph By
DARREN STONE, VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST
Dancers form the Victoria Korean Community Association, 2006.
Photograph By
Darren Stone, Victoria Times Colonist
Chinese dancers, 2011.
Photograph By
ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist
The Spectrum Community School Marching Band performs during the 2017 Island Farms Victoria Day Parade.
Photograph By
DARREN STONE, Times Colonist
