Victoria pool home: Canada's only Med. climate!

The neighbourhood of Oak Bay is, arguably, the most lovely and affluent area of Canada, although not in an ostentatious way. Victoria is the capital city of B.C. - on the Southern tip of Vancouver Island, a ferry ride away from the larger cities of Seattle and Vancouver. Our neighbourhood is very established, lush and flowering, surrounded on 2 sides by ocean and with snow-capped mountains beyond. There are 2 famous golf courses within walking distance and several hill-top vistas of ocean & mountains. We often bike along the ocean, or we roll our canoe or kayak down to the ocean bay 2 blocks away. It is also a five minute walk to Oak Bay Avenue, a charming neighbourhood shopping area akin to an English village. If you google my beach front campus (Glenlyon Norfolk School) or The Oak Bay Beach Hotel ( only hotel in the area) or Oak Bay, you will see the ocean setting with mountain backdrop. Victoria has the only Mediterranean micro-climate in Canada, since half of Vancouver/Seattle’s rainfall disappears over the Straits of Georgia. ( 23 inches per year, only .55 in July) April to early Nov. is usually perfect for walking. The summer is sunny and warm, but with an ocean breeze. The Southern Vancouver Island landscape is unique: gardens and farmland with a backdrop of forest, ocean, and snow capped Olympic Range mountains beyond. Victoria is within very easy driving or even biking distance of breathtaking wilderness areas: Pacific Rim National Park, The West Coast Trail, Long Beach, Strathcona Park, The Gulf Islands, etc. Many whale watching trips depart from here. Ocean /lake swimming is near-by.