Early baseball in Canada/Club 3

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(Updated earliest known date of Olympic BBC to 1866 as per Victoria BC baseball history pages.)
 
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|Pagetext=Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872 mentions the Olympics BBC of Victoria, British Columbia, playing the Washington BBC of Olympia, WA.
|Pagetext=Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872 mentions the Olympics BBC of Victoria, British Columbia, playing the Washington BBC of Olympia, WA.
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ictoria BC (1871 pop. about 3,300) is about 110 kilometers SW of Vancouver BC and about 120 miles NW of Seattle WA.  
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Victoria BC (1871 pop. about 3,300) is about 110 kilometers SW of Vancouver BC and about 120 miles NW of Seattle WA.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT VICTORIA OLYMPICS:
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From: http://www.vdba.ca/pages-added/beginning-of-baseball-.php
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The Victoria Olympics were playing as early as 1866. There was baseball played in Beacon Hill in Victoria in as early as 1863, and this site has a photograph of a game and notes it as being 1862: http://www.beaconhillpark.ca/beacon_hill_park_photos.htm
|Sources=Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872
|Sources=Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872
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Location Canada
Year 1866
City Victoria
State British Columbia
Country Canada
Nickname Olympics
Found by Bruce Allardice

Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872 mentions the Olympics BBC of Victoria, British Columbia, playing the Washington BBC of Olympia, WA.

Victoria BC (1871 pop. about 3,300) is about 110 kilometers SW of Vancouver BC and about 120 miles NW of Seattle WA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT VICTORIA OLYMPICS: From: http://www.vdba.ca/pages-added/beginning-of-baseball-.php The Victoria Olympics were playing as early as 1866. There was baseball played in Beacon Hill in Victoria in as early as 1863, and this site has a photograph of a game and notes it as being 1862: http://www.beaconhillpark.ca/beacon_hill_park_photos.htm

Sources

Portland Oregonian, Sept. 11, 1872

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