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Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, BC
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Craigdarroch Castle

Victorian-era mansion of coal baron Robert Dunsmuir in Victoria, a National Historic Site restored to show 1890s life over four floors and 87 stairs.

1050 Joan Crescent · Victoria, BC

About Craigdarroch Castle

Craigdarroch Castle is the Rockland-neighbourhood mansion built for coal magnate Robert Dunsmuir and his family in the late 1880s, now a National Historic Site run as a historical museum. Visitors take a self-guided tour of about 90 minutes through restored rooms filled with period furnishings, stained glass and Dunsmuir family stories, climbing 87 stairs to the tower. There is no elevator or ramp inside. Open Wednesday through Sunday; closed Mondays, Tuesdays, December 25-26 and January 1.

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