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a. causeway : was - “built bet-
ween Fort Rodd Hill and the ©
“island, preventing shipping ; _ and glass. :
from using . that: channel. |

Visitors today may walk over Our framing service is free.

By Ciair Rivers -

**They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruninghooks: ‘nation ‘shall_
_ got lift up sword against nation, neither shall they

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‘original paintings, fimited editions, frames, matts

page 15, September 1, 1976 - North Shore News _

_learn war any. more."”: - Isaiah.

_ Every year some 100,000
visitors stop by- to: Spend
hours at Fort Rodd ° Hill
National Historic Park in.

' Esquimalt, close to‘ Victoria:
Where once. six-inch. guns
thundered, today the site is .
idyllic as deer browse on the.
44 acres of greensward | and °
peaceful Serenity And in the ..
foregro os beautiful

und.’
Fisgard Lighthouse, the old-

est operating lighthouse on :
- British. Coiumbia’s coast.

NAMED FOR FRIGATE

“Esquimalt “Harbor “was
surveyed by the Royal. Navy. .
in 1847. It proved to be an”
“deal ‘shelter’ for = British ©
. Vessels. of war which - had
__beaten their way ‘around the:
_ Horn. HMS Frigate Fisgard_
was one of the early:ships to .
enter the harbor. -

Captain J.A. Duntze,. who -
commanded the: ship,* ‘gave
‘ his..name’ to a... prominent
nearby point. The ‘famed
lighthouse bears the name of
the frigate, while the hill
which attracts.so . - many. -
visitors today was: ‘named in
-honor of 1st Lieutenant John
Rashleigh Rodd who retired
as an Admiral.

In 1854 the Crimean War
stimulated development of '
Esquimalt Harbor. First na-
val buildings were erected in:
the following year, and the
construction of Fisgard Light
house .was' begun..; The.
structure is 47 feet. ‘os and:
‘stands on a base o solid
granite 13 feet wide.’ oak

It is built of brick brought:
around Cape Horn from...

England. The 35-foot:: ‘high:
spital ‘stalrway:

cast iron,
within the tower was cast in
San- Francisco, The.-light is.
visible for 10° miles’ ie ‘clear.

weather; it. was first: ilumi-..
nated on November 16, 1860. ” |

SUNKEN FORT a

Coastal defences on Fort —
~ Rodd Hill were launched in, |
1862. and the first . was.
- operational ‘wntll 1956. The
fort’ constructed of .. solid.
concrete sunk into the Inside |
of the hill, consisted of threc,
-constal artillery. batterles “
| Lower , Battery...vith.. two

six-inch breech loading, dis.
appearing guns; Upper Bat-.

tery with one six-inch gun;
/ and’ Belmont Bailery with

e,

two 12-pounder quick. firing.
guns.

‘Range of the Gincher
was 10,000 ‘yards .and the:

projectile weighed 100

pounds. Imitation rounds are
today. in the: old —
. While the original.

-on display

guns have: long’ since'.disap-
‘peared, one.6-inch

: Site.

ATRAVEL
BRITISH COLUMBIA
FEATURE |

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Visitors today"
buildings and other structur-
es of the old fort which are
preserved . permanently: the
fort command, post,” the
‘warrant officers’ quarters,
the ancient | smith’s * shop
complete with ' forge, anvils

and fitters’ tools, the. can--

teen, the. defensive ‘looped
wall, the guard house, the
gun emplacements: and. the
-magazines.: 7

“> Fisgard Lighthouse origi-
nally stood on a small island
_ in the harbor entrance

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THE LIGHTHOUSE... in Iuatness from 186 ele

‘piece ‘of.
Similar design ‘stands. on. the.

- inspect ;

Later
riage

- the causeway. ‘and inspect the

: a exterior of the lighthouse.

"Because it is still opera:

the ~ summer
a staff of..25 is

During

months,.

. fequired to man ‘the’ little
Nine: of. them are.
guides and they explain to .
. the streams. of. visitors: the ~
» activities of the. early gun-

a ners on the. site.” 2

park.

The entire area is beauti-

| ; fully maintained, . with pond
close-clip

ped. and th

7 less. noo oe we a ae

-* Deer ‘make their - _perma- .
~ nent home in the park and do
their part...
visitors, too.

in reeeceming

Fort Rodd Bin started out

life asa lethal, centre. Today
its - role “

ly. From the original battle-
ments, scenes: are painted

-almost “daily: ‘of the serene

seascape with the -picture-
sque lighthouse in... the
foreground. 2 a

The: park: is administered
by the federal Department of.
‘Indian and Northern Affairs,
‘and a long range.-
of continuous’ development is”:
being . carried out: ensuring -
that.
‘attractive to - visitors , with

it’ will’ prove more

every passing. year.

‘

tional; -. visitors'' are not . |
permitted inside, ‘the struc- te

historic and
cultural. Scores of artists are .
attracted to. the park annual-

program: |’

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