Geology of the Parliament Buildings 6. Geology of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria

• Main Authors: Hora, Zdenek D., Hancock, Kirk D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Association of Canada 2008
• Subjects: Haddington; Nelson Island
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/11087

The British Columbia parliament buildings were constructed in two stages: the first building was started in 1893 and officially opened in 1898; the addition was started in 1912 and completed in 1915. The primary external building stone is a fine-grained, light grey, dacitic volcanic rock, commonly c...