Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site
Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is a 19th-century coastal artillery fort located on Esquimalt Harbour in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada. It was constructed in the 1890s by the Royal Marine Artillery to defend the Esquimalt Naval Base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reserve
- Description: National historic Site of Canada located in British Columbia
- Also known as: “Fort Rodd Hill”, “Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada”, and “Lieu historique national Fort Rodd Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lower Battery gun emplacement and magazine and Esquimalt Lighthouse.
Lower Battery gun emplacement and magazine
Bunker
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lower Battery gun emplacement and magazine is a bunker.
Esquimalt Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bruce Tuten, CC BY 2.0.
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, on Fisgard Island at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour in Colwood, British Columbia, is the site of Fisgard Lighthouse, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada.
Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Nature reserve
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Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary near Esquimalt Harbour in Colwood, British Columbia. The Esquimalt Lagoon is found on the traditional territories of the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include View Royal and Esquimalt.
View Royal
Town
Photo: John Newcomb, CC BY 3.0.
View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of 11,575 residents. View Royal is situated 2½ km northeast of Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site.
Esquimalt
Town
Photo: Kyle Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and… Esquimalt is situated 3 km east of Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site.
Langford
Photo: John Newcomb, CC BY 3.0.
The City of Langford is a city of over 35,000 people, and is the business hub of "Westshore", a group of municipalities to the west of Victoria. Visitors would primarily enjoy the lakes and trails which are less busy than similar offerings closer to Victoria downtown core.
Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Portuguese—“Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site” goes by many names.
- Breton: “fort Rodd Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موقع حصن رود هيل التاريخى الوطنى”
- French: “Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site”
- French: “Fort Rodd Hill”
- French: “Lieu historique national du Canada Fort Rodd Hill”
- French: “lieu historique national fort Rodd Hill”
- German: “Fort Rodd Hill”
- Portuguese: “Forte Rodd”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Esquimalt Indian Reserve and Belmont Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lieu historique national du Canada Fort Rodd Hill and Refuge d’oiseaux d’Esquimalt-Lagoon.
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