Victoria, B.C.'s Beacon Hill Park is a 200 acre ode to empire that stands between Cook (east), Douglas (west) Superior (north) and Dallas (south) overlooking the Juan de Fuca Strait. It's central feature is a pond guarded by peahens and -cocks. Surrounding it, well tended garden beds, walking paths and a bandshell where I once saw the late-Hugh Fraser lead the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI) in a musical rendition of (tribute to?) Mount St Helens a couple of summers after its May 18, 1980 explosion.
The postcard was sent to me by Richard Mackie, the editor of the British Columbia Review, who makes a practice of writing thank you notes on the back of old postcards when mailing out cheques to reviewers. Without looking at the text below I knew what I was looking at, but I looked anyway, to reward myself for knowing. But seriously, could it be? Could it be that the B.C Travel Bureau issued a postcard of Victoria's Beacon Hill Park -- but spelled it "Deacon Hill"? Back in the day, someone would have lost their job over this. Today, the mistake could well be the result of a toxic work environment and the proofreader would be put on stress leave. Which he or she or they would spend parts of in the park, naturally.
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