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Fort Rodd Hill

From 1878 to 1956 coast artillery installations protected the city of Victoria and the naval base at Esquimalt. Temporary batteries were constructed in response to the Anglo-Russian crisis of 1878, and in the 1890s Canada negotiated with Great Britain for the building of a series of permanent defences to be manned by British troops. Canada took control of these fortifications in 1906 and, by the end of the Second World War, they had been rebuilt and greatly expanded. They were declared obsolete in 1956.

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Fort Rodd Hill

De 1878 à 1956, des batteries côtières protégeaient la ville de Victoria et la base navale d’Esquimalt. Face à la crise anglo-russe de 1878, on aménagea des batteries temporaires, et, dans les années 1890, le Canada négocia avec la Grande-Bretagne la construction de fortifications permanentes défendues par une garnison britannique. Le Canada prit ces fortifications en charge en 1906, puis les reconstruisit et les agrandit considérablement avant la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elles furent déclarées désuètes en 1956.

Location: 603 Fort Rodd Hill Road, Colwood
Emplacement : 603 Fort Rodd Hill Road, Colwood
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 48.433500, -123.453817
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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