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

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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. ” |

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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

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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.

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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

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-* 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.

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

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

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