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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 PointFrederick Point, Digby Island, twin QF 12 pounder naval gunsCasey Point, 2x25 pounders • Fairview Point, 2x 8" railway guns • Dundas PointSeal CoveWatson Island, ammunition depot, hospital, ocean dock (stores warehouse), and command post ==Central Coast==
Central Coast
Bella Bella – Two 75 mm guns and an anti-aircraft to protect the seaplane base • Yorke Island coastal defence fort ==South Coast==
South Coast
Fort Rodd Hill, originally built in the 19th century to defend Victoria and CFB EsquimaltAlbert Head, 9.2-inch guns, counter bombardment battery during WWII • Mary Hill • Christopher Point Battery – 1941–44 - 2 × 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 × 12-pdr quick-firing anti motor torpedo boat (AMTB) guns • 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. • Ferguson Point, Stanley Park • First Narrows Gantry, two 12-pdr QF guns. Demolished in the 1970s • Steveston, one 18-pdr field gun, later replaced by two 25-pdr field guns Ordnance QF 25 pounderSignal Hill (Needs Restoration) ==References==
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