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'''Rock Bay''' is a neighborhood bordering downtown [[Victoria, British Columbia]], [[Canada]], whose borders are the Upper Harbor on the west, David Street and Hillside Avenue on the north, Douglas Street on the east, and approximately Pembroke Street on the south. Rock Bay derives its name from the local harbor bay of the same name. |
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| name = Prof. Vasil Zlatarski |
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| birth_place = [[Veliko Turnovo]], present-day [[Bulgaria]] |
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'''Vasil Nikolov Zlatarski''' was a [[Bulgaria]]n [[historian]]-medievist, [[archaeologist]], and [[epigraph]]ist. He is a representative of historical objectivism, and belongs to the positivistic school. Zlatarski played a leading role in the development of the Bulgarian history science for four decades since the end of 19th century, its popularisation, and the establishment and support of the education in Bulgarian history at [[Sofia University]]. He is considered one of the greatest names in the Bulgarian historiography with his three-volume ''History of the Bulgarian State in the Middle ages''. |
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==Community== |
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The neighborhood is a mix of commercial, retail, industrial park and some residential. The neighborhood includes a Dairy Queen, gas stations, car lots, the Vancouver Island Brewery, and Club Phoenix fitness centre. A book publisher and massage school also call Rock Bay their home, in the famous ivy-covered former BC Hydro building on Bay and Government. |
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Located southeast of the Bay Street Bridge, Rock Bay was encroached upon by the growth of the downtown core in the mid 1800’s. Historically the bay was much larger with many islets for which it was named. The rocks, or islets were engulfed within an encompassing shoreline, extending far enough eastward to interrupt the present-day Government Street. Currently tucked away in a snug little corner of the Inner Harbour surrounded by industrial activities, it is a challenge to glance at the troubled waters. |
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Vasil Zlatarski was born in [[Veliko Tarnovo]] in 1866, the youngest child of the teacher Nikola Zlatarcheto ('Goldsmith') who was a prominent activist in the educational movement and the religious and national struggle in the Tarnovo region before the Liberation. Zlatarski obtained his education in Veliko Tarnovo (until 3rd grade) and in the Peter and Paul Seminary near Tarnovo where he was preparing for priesthood. After the early death of his father, he went to his brother in Russia, where in 1887 he graduated the First Classical Lyceum in [[St. Petersburg]]. Studied History at the University of St. Petersburg in 1891 and as a post-graduate in Berlin in 1893-1895. Then he returned to Bulgaria and became a high-school teacher in Sofia and Lecturer in the Higher School (now the [[University of Sofia]]). |
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Around 1885 the urban areas of Victoria continued to expand, and a bridge crossed the eastern section of Rock Bay, linking Government Street to the northern extension. During the mid to late 1800s, Fernwood contained a swampy marshland, and Hillside Farms existed between Bay Street and Hillside Avenue. Until approximately 1888 a creek visibly connected all these areas to discharge into Rock Bay of Victoria Upper Harbour. |
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An unnamed creek once ran southwest from the swampy marshlands in Fernwood, under a bridge on Cedar Hill Road and past Hillside Farm. The creek meandered in the area of Kings Road to eventually provide a source of fresh water to Rock Bay. Around 1888 the creek was enclosed in pipes to provide direct drainage to the area to prevent floods in the expanding paved streets of Victoria. |
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By 1887, a second wooden bridge known as Rock Bay Bridge connected the north and south shores of Rock Bay. The Rock Bay Bridge originally connected Bridge Street and Constance Street. Around 1903, the approach to Rock Bay Bridge was switched along the southern shore to Store Street. During the 1920’s the Rock Bay bridge was dismantled while the eastern indent of Rock Bay was simultaneously being in filled to the west side of Government Street. Progressive shoreline changes continued until the late 1950s the smaller are we now know as Rock Bay. |
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Historical activities along the shores of Rock Bay included a tannery, sawmills, a coal gasification plant, a propane tank farm, and more recently a concrete batch plant and an asphalt plant. |
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== Present Day == |
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Rock Bay, which is purported to be one of the most highly contaminated bodies of water in the province, is (as of 2006) undergoing extensive cleanup by the Federal government[http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/pac/2004/04-p002e.htm]. Decades of run off and pollution dumping from nearby gravel operations and former mills has led to current pollution levels. With the recent trend in urban living movements (more people moving into the downtown core), as is the case in many cities, Rock Bay is one of the few areas remaining in Victoria that lends itself to high development potential. For example: [http://www.fdarc.ca/portfolio/01.urb_Rock_Bay_3.php]. Rock Bay is also the future site of the Streetlink homeless shelter and housing, as of 2008. |
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==External links== |
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* Historical article about Rock Bay in 1901 [http://www.mala.ca/history/victoria/17.htm] |
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* City of Victoria Rock Bay Restoration Committee [http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/cityhall/departments_engwaterrock_rstrtnc.shtml] |
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* Burnside Gorge Community Association (Information on Rock Bay and Photos) [http://www.burnsidegorge.ca/Rock%20Bay/rockbay.html] |
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Revision as of 14:45, 11 October 2008
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| Born | 14 November 1866 Veliko Turnovo, present-day Bulgaria |
| Died | 15 December 1935 (aged 69) |
Vasil Nikolov Zlatarski was a Bulgarian historian-medievist, archaeologist, and epigraphist. He is a representative of historical objectivism, and belongs to the positivistic school. Zlatarski played a leading role in the development of the Bulgarian history science for four decades since the end of 19th century, its popularisation, and the establishment and support of the education in Bulgarian history at Sofia University. He is considered one of the greatest names in the Bulgarian historiography with his three-volume History of the Bulgarian State in the Middle ages.
Life
Vasil Zlatarski was born in Veliko Tarnovo in 1866, the youngest child of the teacher Nikola Zlatarcheto ('Goldsmith') who was a prominent activist in the educational movement and the religious and national struggle in the Tarnovo region before the Liberation. Zlatarski obtained his education in Veliko Tarnovo (until 3rd grade) and in the Peter and Paul Seminary near Tarnovo where he was preparing for priesthood. After the early death of his father, he went to his brother in Russia, where in 1887 he graduated the First Classical Lyceum in St. Petersburg. Studied History at the University of St. Petersburg in 1891 and as a post-graduate in Berlin in 1893-1895. Then he returned to Bulgaria and became a high-school teacher in Sofia and Lecturer in the Higher School (now the University of Sofia).
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