Tony,
Firstly, I read your book on 9 hole courses and enjoyed it a lot!
Re Victoria Golf Club, my course in Vancouver has a reciprocal arrangement with Victoria so I try to play there when I have some time on the island. Jeff Mingay's comments are bang on and his comments about the trees are particularly interesting. It has been a few years since I played there but I also believe it could be opened up a lot by strategic removal of the trees. Nevertheless the holes out on the point are treeless.
As Sean said, the course is very funky and a lot of fun. A must visit on Vancouver Island.
A few years ago I found a copy of the club history in a used book store in Victoria and if you are interested, I could send it down to you for a while. Just email me. Jordan Caron recently started a thread about the changes to the bunkers that are ongoing under the direction of Graham Cooke and Wayne Carlton. Drainage has been an issue over there for some time although I also understand there were significant improvements a few years ago in that regard.
In any event, Victoria is well worth a visit.
Regards,
Bob Jenkins