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| FORT RODD HILL & FISGARD LIGHTHOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES |
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Fort Rodd Hill Lower Battery & Ramparts, with it's guardhouses, barracks, underground storeage rooms and 6" gun emplacements, Fort Rodd Hill is great fun for kids and adults alike. Pinic in
a park like setting of Garry oaks, Douglas-firs and warm sunny meadows. |
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| Fisgard Lighthouse - Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site |
The first lighthouse on Canada's west coast Fisgard Lighthouse
has been an important symbol of sovereignty-British, Colonial and Canadian-since
1860. Fisgard provides a guide for mariners to Royal Roads anchorage,
Esquimalt harbour and its naval base, and points the way to Victoria harbour. |
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| Upper Battery Fort Rodd Hill Park National Historic Site |
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| Upper Battery gate and guard house Fort Rodd Hill park. |
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Annual Military Encampment Weekend.
Step back in time!
Military re-enactment groups present living history
at the Fort. |
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| Main gate and entrance to the Lower battery Fort
Rodd Hill Park. |
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| Lower battery bunk houses Fort
Rodd Hill Park. |
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| Canada Day Celebrations July 1st Fort Rodd Hill Park. |
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Awesome display of resorted military vehicles,
love the WWII Willys jeeps. |
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Lots of special events and daily programs thoughout the summer from meet the BIg Guns, an Airsoft replica Tommy gun challenge to Tales by the Sea. Check out the Things to do link on the the official Parks Canada website link below. |
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| Belmont Battery from Fisgard Lighthouse Fort
Rodd Hill Park |
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| Belmont Battery Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site |
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| Fisgard Lighthouse from the Belmont Battery |
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Belmont Battery
with it's twin barrelled 6-pounder
guns and range finding
tower. Constructed in 1898 to prevent small,
fast
torpedo boats slipping
under the
guns of Upper and Lower Batteries. |
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| Belmont Battery from the beach Fort Rodd Hill Park |
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| Nature Trail Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site |
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This short 15-minute trail follows an historic
sentry path and takes you through lush shorline woods to a machine gun post and searchlight emplacement overlooking the beach and the Esquimalt
Lagoon.
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Esquimalt
Lagoon and estuary seen from the searchlight emplacement on the the shoreline nature trail.
The estuary acts as a transition zone between
freshwater, marine and
forest habitats. The grounds just north of the lagoon are home to Hatley
Castle and Gardens and Royal
Roads University campus. |
Photo Courtesy Ron Meuse © |
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site
seen from
Canadian
Forces Base Esquimalt |
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| Turn off Hwy 1A onto Ocean Boulevard
and just follow the signs. |
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