Early baseball in Canada/Club 3
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| Location | Canada |
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| 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
