JAMES BAY STILL BOASTS MANY PRISTINE OLDER RESIDENCES THAT HAVE RETAINED THEIR ORIGINAL VICTORIAN SPLENDOUR, MANY OF WHICH WERE OWNED BY THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF THE VICTORIA AREA. THE EASTERN END OF JAMES BAY WAS RECLAIMED IN 1903 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EMPRESS HOTEL. HERITAGE JAMES BAY INCORPORATES THE AREA SOUTH OF THE INNER HARBOUR TO DALLAS ROAD, BETWEEN DOWNTOWN VICTORIA AND THE JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT, INCLUDING THE BC LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS, FISHERMANS WHARF, THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL, AND OGDEN POINT. THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF JAMES BAY IS THE WATERFRONT ALONG THE INNER HARBOUR, WHICH BOASTS MANY OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HOTELS IN VICTORIA. JAMES BAY VILLAGE IS THE HUB OF JAMES BAY, WITH A GROCERY STORE, PHARMACY, LIQUOR STORE, HAIRDRESSER, COFFEE SHOPS, BANKS, AND OTHER INTERESTING SHOPS. POPULATION 11,000 LOCATION JAMES BAY IS LOCATED IN VICTORIA BC, IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE INNER HARBOUR AND THE DOWNTOWN CORE OF VICTORIA. ACCESS TO JAMES BAY IS ALONG BELLEVILLE STREET, GOVERNMENT STREET AND DOUGLAS STREET. EMILY CARR HOUSE IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF EMILY CARR, ONE OF CANADAS FIRST AND BEST KNOWN INDEPENDENT ARTIST AND WRITER. BUILT IN 1864, THE HOME AS AN ARCHITECTURE DESCRIBED AS BOTH SAN FRANCISCO VICTORIAN AND ENGLISH GINGERBREAD, YOULL ENTER INTO THE SAME VICTORIAN AMBIANCE THE CARR FAMILY WOULD HAVE KNOWN IN THE 1870S, AND UPSTAIRS ARE SEVERAL OF THEIR ACTUAL POSSESSIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF EMILYS POTTERY AND SCULPTURE. EMILY WAS BORN HERE IN 1871, A SCANT SIX MONTHS AFTER BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVED FROM BRITISH COLONIAL STATUS TO BECOME A PROVINCE OF THE WORLDS NEWEST NATION. SHE USED HER BRUSHES AND PENS TO PROCLAIM HER PRIDE IN THIS PART OF CANADA FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. THE HOUSE IS NEAR VICTORIAS CENTRAL INNER HARBOUR, AT 207 GOVERNMENT STREET, ONLY A 10 MINUTE WALK SOUTH FROM THE ROYAL B.C. MUSEUM AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS. THE HOUSE IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM MID MAY TO MID OCTOBE