Inside Victoria Harbour Airport

The splendid First Nations bas-relief carving above hangs on one wall of the Victoria Harbour Airport. It is by Kwakwaka'wakw carver Richard Hunt and is called "My Family." Below is the airport waiting room and check-in. The entire airport terminal was built in Bamberton on the Saanich Inlet and then floated around the coast and anchored here.

Victoria Harbour Airport

In the background of yesterday's photo of the paper boats you can see the roof of this building, the new Victoria Harbour Airport. It's just for seaplane traffic that comes into the harbour. Victoria's International Airport for large passenger planes is about a half-hour drive outside the city on the Saanich Peninsula. We'll take a look inside the new Harbour Airport tomorrow.

Victoria Harbour Airport

As well as accommodating a large variety of boats, Victoria Harbour is a busy airport with a great deal of seaplane air traffic. Here is a photo of the Harbour Airport terminal that has just been erected. I quite like the design, especially the living mural on the roof.