The British Columbia Championships[1] also known as the British Columbia Lawn Tennis Championships[2] or the Labatts British Columbia Championships (for sponsorship reasons) was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1886 as the Victoria Lawn Tennis Challenge Cup.
[4] It was first played at the Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard, Victoria British Columbia, Canada.
In 1886 Victoria Lawn Tennis Challenge Cup was played at the naval base of the British Royal Navy in Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard ,Esquimalt, Canada.
The tournament was then organized by the Victoria Lawn Tennis Club (f. 1884)[5] During the World War I, from 1915 to 1918.
In 1978 in its final year it became part of the Canadian Challenger Circuit then was discontinued.