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Macaulay Point Battery
The Macaulay Point Battery is a historic gun emplacement in Victoria, British Columbia. A fort was built here between February 1894 and October 1897. The site is now a park. See also * Fleming Bay * Barrett Point * Stanley Park * List of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast This is a list of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast. North Coast * Barrett Point *Frederick Point, Digby Island, twin QF 12 pounder naval guns * Casey Point, 2x25 pounders * Fairview Point, 2x 8" railway guns *Dun ... References External links Defending the Coastcontains a picture of the Battery {{coord, 50, 26, 57, N, 125, 58, 35, W, display=title Forts in British Columbia History of British Columbia World War II sites in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Macaulay Gun Emplacement 2
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleming Bay
Fleming Bay is located in Esquimalt, adjacent to the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Fleming Bay is one of entrances to Macaulay Point and Buxton Green. Fleming Bay has large rock cliffs that are popular with rock climbers. Fleming Bay is protected from the seas by a rock man-made Breakwater. At Fleming beach in Fleming Bay there is a well maintained boat ramp A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small ... for trailerable boats with docks for queuing up, it is run by the Esquimalt Anglers Association. See also * Macaulay Point Battery References External links Township of Esquimalt – ParksEsquimalt Anglers Association {{coord , 48.4200, N, 123.4121, W, display=title Greater Victoria Bays of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrett Point
Barrett Point is located at the foot of Mount Hayes at the entrance to Prince Rupert Harbour at . It was a coastal fortification during World War II. History The city of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Prince Rupert was the nearest railhead to the Alaska and was strategically important to the defence of Alaska and West Coast of Canada. Barrett point battery was the key component of the defences of Prince Rupert in World War II. In 1938 Major Treatt of the Canada War Department, inspected the West Coast of Canada and determined suitable locations for Coastal defences. Barrett Point became the focal point of the defences that included gun batteries at Fredrick Point, Casey Point, Fairview Point and Dundas Point. The fort had 3 gun positions which were first equipped with Mk 12 6" anti-aircraft guns on Mk 7 mounts, later replaced by 3x 6" Mk 24 guns two on Mk5 mounts and one on a Mk5 mount. In addition a QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, 6 pounder Hotchkiss quick firing gun was mounted, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a public park in British Columbia, Canada that makes up the northwestern half of Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula, surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay. The park borders the neighbourhoods of West End and Coal Harbour to its southeast, and is connected to the North Shore via the Lions Gate Bridge. The historic lighthouse on Brockton Point marks the park's easternmost point. While it is not the largest of its kind, Stanley Park is about one-fifth larger than New York City's Central Park and almost half the size of London's Richmond Park. Stanley Park has a long history. The land was originally used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before British Columbia was colonized by the British during the 1858 Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and was one of the first areas to be explored in the city. For many years after colonization, the future park with its abundant resources would also be home to non-Indigenous settlers. The land was later turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World War II-era Fortifications On The British Columbia Coast
This is a list of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast. North Coast * Barrett Point *Frederick Point, Digby Island, twin QF 12 pounder naval guns * Casey Point, 2x25 pounders * Fairview Point, 2x 8" railway guns *Dundas Point *Seal Cove *Watson Island, ammunition depot, hospital, ocean dock (stores warehouse), and command post Central Coast * Bella Bella - Two 75mm guns and an anti-aircraft to protect the seaplane base * Yorke Island coastal defence fort South Coast *Fort Rodd Hill, originally built in the 19th century to defend Victoria and CFB Esquimalt *Albert Head, 9.2 inch guns, counter bombardment battery during WWII * Mary Hill *Christopher Point Battery - 1941-44 -2 x 8 inch M1888 american railway guns * Duntze Head *Ogden Point Battery - 1939-1943 with better guns replaced Breakwater Battery in 1944 *Black Rock battery - 1893-1956 * Macaulay Point, 3 gun battery dating back to 1878 *Golf Hill (WW II 1940-44 position), 2 x 12 pdr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forts In British Columbia
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of British Columbia
The history of British Columbia covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day British Columbia were inhabited for millennia by a number of First Nations. Several European expeditions to the region were undertaken in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. After the Oregon boundary dispute between the UK and US government was resolved in 1846, the colonies of Vancouver Island and colony of British Columbia were established; the former in 1849 and the latter in 1858. The two colonies were merged to form a single colony in 1866, which later joined the Canadian Confederation on 20 July 1871. An influential historian of British Columbia, Margaret Ormsby, presented a structural model of the province's history in ''British Columbia: A History'' (1958); that has been adopted by numerous historians and teachers. Chad Reimer says, "in many aspects, it still has not been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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