Stroll round Fort Rodd Hill

With the great summer weather continuing over last weekend, we ceased the advantage and went for a local walk on the Island to visit Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse. This is a National Historic Site which 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.

The waterfront sites at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse are extremely photogenic, especially with the scenic backdrop of the Olympic Mountains in neighbouring Washington state. The Strait of Juan de Fuca offered a wide variety of ships, from small sailing vessels, to enormous cargo ships, and close proximity to the Canadian Navy base with military craft of several different nations at close range.