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This is a list of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast.
North Coast
Central Coast
South Coast
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Fort Rodd Hill, originally built in the 19th century to defend Victoria and
CFB Esquimalt
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48°25′53″N 123°26′58″W / 48.43139°N 123.44944°W / 48.43139; -123.44944 (Fort Rodd Hill)
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Albert Head, 9.2-inch guns, counter bombardment battery during WWII
48°23′18″N 123°28′39″W / 48.38833°N 123.47750°W / 48.38833; -123.47750 (Albert Head (head))
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Mary Hill
48°20′42″N 123°32′55″W / 48.34500°N 123.54861°W / 48.34500; -123.54861 (Mary Hill)
- Christopher Point Battery – 1941–44 - 2 × 8-inch M1888 American railway guns
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Duntze Head
48°25′52″N 123°26′22″W / 48.43111°N 123.43944°W / 48.43111; -123.43944 (Duntze Head)
- Ogden Point Battery – 1939–1943 with better guns replaced Breakwater Battery in 1944
- Black Rock battery – 1893–1956
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Macaulay Point, 3-gun battery dating back to 1878
48°25′05″N 123°24′33″W / 48.41806°N 123.40917°W / 48.41806; -123.40917
- Golf Hill (WW II 1940–44 position), 2 × 12-pdr quick-firing anti motor torpedo boat (AMTB) guns
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Point Grey, 3 × 6-inch guns and director tower, now the site of the
Museum of Anthropology at
UBC, although one gun position and
tunnel entrances remain.
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49°16′10″N 123°15′35″W / 49.26944°N 123.25972°W / 49.26944; -123.25972
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Ferguson Point,
Stanley Park
49°18′03″N 123°09′28″W / 49.30083°N 123.15778°W / 49.30083; -123.15778
- First Narrows Gantry, two 12-pdr QF guns. Demolished in the 1970s
49°19′06″N 123°08′11″W / 49.31833°N 123.13639°W / 49.31833; -123.13639
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Steveston, one 18-pdr field gun, later replaced by two 25-pdr field guns
Ordnance QF 25 pounder
49°08′00″N 123°11′00″W / 49.13333°N 123.18333°W / 49.13333; -123.18333 (Steveston)
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Signal Hill (Needs Restoration)
48°25′46″N 123°25′44″W / 48.42944°N 123.42889°W / 48.42944; -123.42889 (Signal Hill)
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