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“Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is a 19th-century coastal artillery fort on the Colwood, British Columbia side of Esquimalt Harbour, (Greater Victoria/Victoria BC Metropolitan Area). The site is adjacent to Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada. Both the fort and lighthouse are managed and presented to the public by Parks Canada.”
Colwood, BC Canada
Tour through secret bunkers, military command posts and original 19th century buildings at Fort Rodd Hill, a west coast artillery fortress on active duty from 1895 to 1956.
Fisgard Lighthouse
Named a national historic site in 1960, a century after first showing its light, Fisgard is still a working lighthouse - although the last keeper rowed away in 1929. Fisgard was an early expression of government sovereignty on what would become Canada's west coast.
Generations of mariners - British and Canadian, naval and merchant - have relied on Fisgard as a landmark to find Esquimalt harbour's narrow entrance. With Race Rocks light, FIsgard marks the safe anchorage of Royal Roads, and also points the way to Victoria harbour for merchant ships.
Reference: .pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/fortroddhill
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This is the Fisgard Lighthouse, part of the Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site in Victoria, BC.
It's taken from my kayak in Esquimalt Harbour looking back at the Olympic Mountains in Washington State.
Searchlight emplacement
Fort Rod Hill historic site
Victoria, B.C.
Built in 1940, this searchlight emplacement was one of two constructed during World War II at Fort Rodd Hill. They, and two others on the shore opposite held 60" searchlights which together lit up the harbour mouth (entry to the Esquimalt naval base) with wide, dispersed beams of light, allowing quick-firing guns to sight on torpedo boats. [Note: For those not versed in Canadian military history, Victoria and Canada's west coast have never suffered any military attacks. These armaments and defenses were never actually used.]
All the emplacements had some kind of camouflage to prevent identification from sea or air. This one was disguised as a fisherman's hut. It was built out of what appeared, to my unskilled eye, to be cement block which was painted to look like weathered wood. A rough door and window were painted on as well. The whole front of the building rolled open to reveal the searchlight within.
Fort Rodd Hill, now a national historic site, guarded Victoria and the Esquimalt naval base from 1878 - 1956 with a series of coast artillery fortifications. Over the years the installations were added to or replaced, keeping up with both new technologies and changing threats.
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The first lighthouse on Canada's west coast is still in operation! There hasn't been a keeper here since the light was automated in 1929, but every year many thousands of visitors step inside a real l9th century light, and capture some of the feeling of ships wrecked and lives saved.
Built by the British in 1860, when Vancouver Island was not yet part of Canada, Fisgard's red brick house and white tower has stood faithfully at the entrance to Esquimalt harbour. Once a beacon for the British Royal Navy's Pacific Squadron, today Fisgard still marks home base for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Inside the building are two floors of exhibits, dealing with shipwrecks, storms, far- flung lights, and the everyday working equipment of the light keeper a century ago. Right next to the tower stirs on the second floor, a specially-made video evokes the loneliness and isolation that was the lot of the l9th century keeper.
The waterfront sites at Fisgard Lighthouse and Fort Rodd Hill are extremely photogenic, especially with the scenic backdrop of the Olympic Mountains in neighbouring Washington state.
The Strait of Juan de Fuca almost always offers a wide variety of ships, from small sailing vessels, to enormous cargo ships, and the proximity of the Canadian Navy base means that military craft of several nations are often seen at close range.
Wildlife at the sites includes Columbian black-tailed deer, river otters, mink, raccoons, harbour seals, and sea lions.
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In a visit to Fort Rodd Hill - a National Historic Site of West Coast artillery fortifications, we had entered a bunker like section when I felt a movement of a bird flying behind me and up to the concrete vault behind me. Curious, I back- tracked to a section of the entrance and looked up to see two little heads peeking out at me. We had completely missed them going in. This pair are perched on the amazing construction of mud and grass - a nest-building trade mark. Barn swallows sometimes raise two broods a year and when this happens (as here), the first brood helps the parents feed the second brood. I think they are adorable.
Colwood, BC Canada
Search light Emplacement No 7, built in 1940 & restored to its wartime camoflage scheme as a fisherman’s hut.
The history of the fortification of Victoria, BC goes all the way back to 1878 when the first muzzle loading batteries were built to defend Victoria and the Esquimalt Naval Base by the Royal Navy. While you may not be a history buff, Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is still well worth a visit and even if you’ve been before, go back and get reacquainted with this amazing treasure. The beautiful grounds with forest trails, beaches and rocky shorelines and spectacular views of the Juan de Fuca Straits make it a truly memorable adventure.
Fort Rodd Hill is worthy of taking some time to explore. A couple of hours can do it, but a few hours may be need for a more thorough exploration of all that it has to offer, so bring along a picnic lunch. Fort Rodd is one the best preserved and most complete examples of this kind of fortress in the world, consisting entirely of original structures, with minimal restoration. The Fort includes three gun batteries, defensive walls, underground magazines, command posts, guardhouses, barracks and searchlight emplacements. There are numerous interpretive signs and audio-visual stations, as well as period furnished rooms and friendly, knowledgeable staff. Visitors can explore gun batteries and underground magazines built over a century ago.
Reference: visitorinvictoria.ca/fort-rodd-hill-national-historic-site
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N.B. Fisgard Lighthouse (top right) in Fort Rodd Hill Park form one end of the pathway
Waterfront Improvement Plan
The plan will outline how a multi-use pathway could connect the Lagoon Beach from the Lagoon Bridge to Royal Beach and inform future detailed design and construction of new waterfront landscaping, features and amenities, such as seating, signage, lighting and washrooms.
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Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, Colwood, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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It's always a climb, isn't it? It should be. We know that when we're actively climbing something, we're often on the right path. Most things worth acheiving are somewhere far above us, somewhere farther along the road that we're all travelling. And so we seek that ascension, often one step at a time, taking steps backwards just a little less frequently than forwards.
This set of spiraling stairs ascends the Fisgard Lighthouse at Fort Rodd Hill in Victoria.
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Looking across the Miramichi River from Big Ferry Road to the Rodd resort in Miramichi, NB as the sun is going down.
Through photos we capture the world. We are explorers, through and through, creating images in search of those moments that hold the essence of life.
Well, that is the goal at least. It's not entirely that easy, as being a photographer can take years of persistence. Learning to see, to balance composition, to wait patiently for something to happen. Moments are fickle things, they are, often eluding the most seasoned of photographers. But, that's precisely what makes it such a worthwhile endeavor.
This photo was captured along the beach at Fort Rodd Hill, Victoria BC.
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The first lighthouse on Canada's west coast is still in operation! There hasn't been a keeper here since the light was automated in 1929, but every year many thousands of visitors step inside a real l9th century light, and capture some of the feeling of ships wrecked and lives saved.
Built by the British in 1860, when Vancouver Island was not yet part of Canada, Fisgard's red brick house and white tower has stood faithfully at the entrance to Esquimalt harbour. Once a beacon for the British Royal Navy's Pacific Squadron, today Fisgard still marks home base for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Inside the building are two floors of exhibits, dealing with shipwrecks, storms, far- flung lights, and the everyday working equipment of the light keeper a century ago. Right next to the tower stirs on the second floor, a specially-made video evokes the loneliness and isolation that was the lot of the l9th century keeper.
The waterfront sites at Fisgard Lighthouse and Fort Rodd Hill are extremely photogenic, especially with the scenic backdrop of the Olympic Mountains in neighbouring Washington state.
The Strait of Juan de Fuca almost always offers a wide variety of ships, from small sailing vessels, to enormous cargo ships, and the proximity of the Canadian Navy base means that military craft of several nations are often seen at close range.
Wildlife at the sites includes Columbian black-tailed deer, river otters, mink, raccoons, harbour seals, and sea lions.
Fort Rodd Hill - a National Historic Site - is a coast artillery fort built in the late 1890s to defend Victoria and the Esquimalt Naval Base. The Fort includes three gun batteries, underground magazines, command posts, guardhouses, barracks and searchlight emplacements.
Colwood, BC Canada
Tour through secret bunkers, military command posts and original 19th century buildings at Fort Rodd Hill, a west coast artillery fortress on active duty from 1895 to 1956.
Fisgard Lighthouse
Named a national historic site in 1960, a century after first showing its light, Fisgard is still a working lighthouse - although the last keeper rowed away in 1929. Fisgard was an early expression of government sovereignty on what would become Canada's west coast.
Generations of mariners - British and Canadian, naval and merchant - have relied on Fisgard as a landmark to find Esquimalt harbour's narrow entrance. With Race Rocks light, FIsgard marks the safe anchorage of Royal Roads, and also points the way to Victoria harbour for merchant ships.
This image is best viewed in Large screen.
Thank-you for your visit, and please know that any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!
Sonja
Colwood, BC Canada
Tour through secret bunkers, military command posts and original 19th century buildings at Fort Rodd Hill, a west coast artillery fortress on active duty from 1895 to 1956.
Fisgard Lighthouse
Named a national historic site in 1960, a century after first showing its light, Fisgard is still a working lighthouse - although the last keeper rowed away in 1929. Fisgard was an early expression of government sovereignty on what would become Canada's west coast.
Generations of mariners - British and Canadian, naval and merchant - have relied on Fisgard as a landmark to find Esquimalt harbour's narrow entrance. With Race Rocks light, FIsgard marks the safe anchorage of Royal Roads, and also points the way to Victoria harbour for merchant ships.
This image is best viewed in Large screen.
Thank-you for your visit, and please know that any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!
Sonja