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Point Defiance
Point Defiance web page
5400 N Pearl Street, Tacoma
700-acre park on the nw tip of Tacoma. Includes the following:
- world-class rose garden
- Japanese garden
- Owen Beach on Commencement Bay
- five mile drive
- immense Mountaineer tree - 400 years old
- zoo and aquarium and logging museum
Butchart Gardens
http://www.butchartgardens.com
Near Victoria, Canada. Fifty-five acres of wonderful floral display, offering spectacular views as you
stroll along meandering paths and expansive lawns. In 1904, Jennie Butchart
began to beautify a worked-out quarry site left behind from her husband's
pioneering efforts in the manufacture of Portland cement at Tod Inlet, Vancouver
Island, Canada.
Sooke Harbor Canada
Sooke Net
Sooke offers a some of the best salmon fishing you'll find anywhere, as well as hiking & ; biking trails, sight seeing, whale watching, boating, scuba diving, beach combing, fine dining, abundant and charming accommodation as well as many other enjoyable activities.