Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard
Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard was a major British Royal Navy yard on Canada's Pacific coast from 1842 to 1905, subsequently operated by the Canadian government as HMC Dockyard Esquimalt, now part of CFB Esquimalt, to the present day.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include CFB Esquimalt and Esquimalt Lighthouse.
CFB Esquimalt
Fire station
Photo: IDuke, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters. CFB Esquimalt is situated 1 km east of Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.
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 Lighthouse is situated 1 km west of Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.
Lower Battery gun emplacement and magazine
Bunker
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Lower Battery gun emplacement and magazine is a bunker, which is situated 1¼ km west of Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esquimalt and View Royal.
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…
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.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
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The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858. Chinatown is situated 5 km east of Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.
Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard
- Type: Dockyard
- Description: former British Royal Navy yard on Canada’s Pacific coast
- Categories: shipyard and transportation
- Location: Esquimalt, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
“Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard” goes by many names.
- French: “Arsenal d’Esquimalt”
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