List of National Historic Sites of Canada in British Columbia

This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in the province of British Columbia. There are 93 National Historic Sites designated in British Columbia, of which 13 are administered by Parks Canada.[1] [2]

This list uses names designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which may differ from other names for these sites.

National Historic Sites

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Site[1] Date(s) Designated Location Description Image
223 Robert Street [3] 1905 (completed) 1990 Victoria
 A good example of the Queen Anne Revival Style in domestic architecture.
Abbotsford Sikh Temple [4] 1912 (completed) 2002 Abbotsford
 The oldest surviving Sikh temple in Canada; the Temple played an important role in the first phase of Sikh immigration to Canada, and represents an adaptation of Sikh religious traditions to Canadian architectural norms of the early 20th century
Barkerville [5] 1862 (founded) 1924 Barkerville
 The epicentre of the Cariboo Gold Rush, the catalyst for the economic and political development of British Columbia; the town was eventually abandoned and became a ghost town, but restoration commenced in 1958
Bay Street Drill Hall [6] 1915 (completed) 1989 Victoria
 A two-storey drill hall with Tudor Revival elements, built during the 1896 to 1918 period when over 100 drill halls and armouries were erected across Canada; its scale reflects the dramatic increase in military participation following Canada’s performance during the Second Boer War
Begbie Hall [7] 1926 (completed) 1989 Victoria
 A three-storey purpose-built nurses' residence; commemorates the growing professionalism of nursing in the early 20th century, and the contribution of nurses to health care in Canada
Binning Residence [8] 1941 (completed) 1998 West Vancouver
 A small two-bedroom house built for artist B. C. Binning; a very early illustration of the Modern movement in residential architecture in Canada, with a design that had a lasting and important impact on post-war architecture throughout the 1950s and 1960s
Boat Encampment [9] 1811 (established) 1943 Warsaw Mountain, Red Rock Bay
 First visited by David Thompson in 1811, the site was an important trans-shipment point for the Hudson's Bay Company Express fur brigades moving to and from the Columbia River across the continent; the site was flooded by hydroelectric development of the river in 1973, and the marker now rests on a point in the Sprague Bay Recreation Site
Britannia Mines Concentrator [10] 1923 (completed) 1987 Britannia Beach
 A gravity-fed concentrator used to process copper ore for one of Canada's largest mining operations in the 1920s and 1930s; illustrative of the innovation that made the Britannia Mines an important site in Canadian mining history
Britannia Shipyard [11] 1890 (established) 1991 Richmond
 A boatworks and shipyard located along the south arm of the Fraser River part of Steveston's historic "Cannery Row"; noted for its historic association with the construction and repair of salmon fishery boats for Canada's Pacific Coast salmon fishery
Butchart Gardens [12] 1904 (established) 2004 Brentwood Bay
 Internationally-known gardens, including remarkable Sunken Garden in a former limestone quarry; unique combination of 3 aspects of Canadian gardening history: early 20th-century estate garden, early twentieth century beautification movement, and the Victorian bedding out system
Chee Kung Tong Building [13] 1877 (completed) 2008 Barkerville
 A two-storey board and batten structure originally used by the Chee Kung Tong organization, a benevolent association for recent arrivals; illustrates the community building among immigrant Chinese labourers and merchants in new settlements throughout Canada
Chilkoot Trail [14] 1896-1900 (gold rush) 1987 Bennett
 A traditional transportation route through the Coast Mountains, connecting the upper Yukon River in B.C. with the Taiya Inlet in Alaska; famous as the route used by thousands of prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush
Chilliwack City Hall [15] 1912 (completed) 1984 Chilliwack
 A small Beaux-Arts style building that served as city hall until 1980; a monument to civic pride at the time of its construction, it is the only pre-1930 town hall in Canada constructed entirely of reinforced concrete
Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point [16] 1903 (established) 1995 Oak Bay
 A cemetery on the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca with the largest concentration of pre-1950 Chinese mortuary features in Canada; a memorial to Chinese-Canadian pioneer immigrants
Christ Church [17] 1861 (completed) 1994 Hope
 A wooden Anglican parish church in the Gothic Revival style built at the height of the Gold Rush era; the oldest church in British Columbia on its original foundation
Church of Our Lord [18] 1875 (completed) 1990 Victoria
 A Reformed Episcopal church designed by John Teague; it is one of the finest examples of Carpenter Gothic on the west coast of Canada
Church of the Holy Cross [19] 1906 (completed) 1981 Skookuchuck Hot Springs
 Renowned example of a Carpenter Gothic mission church, built by In-SHUCK-ch craftsmen; its distinctive profile renders it a landmark in the Skatin First Nation community
Congregation Emanu-El [20] 1863 (completed) 1979 Victoria
 A two-storey brick synagogue constructed just 5 years after the arrival of the first Jewish settlers in B.C. in 1858; the oldest surviving synagogue in Canada, and a rare surviving example of a Romanesque Revival style synagogue in this country
Craigdarroch Castle [21] 1890 (completed) 1992 Victoria
 A mansion of Scottish Baronial design located on a hill overlooking downtown Victoria; built to assert the wealth and stature of the industrialist Robert Dunsmuir, it is a noted example of an eclectic mansion in the west
Craigflower Manor House [22] 1856 (completed) 1964 View Royal
 A timber frame building built for the Puget Sound Agricultural Company; one of the key buildings of Craigflower Farm, one of Western Canada's first farming communities and symbolic of the region's transition from the fur trade to settlement
Craigflower Schoolhouse [23] 1855 (completed) 1964 View Royal
 Built to serve children from Craigflower Farm and nearby settlements, the schoolhouse has been preserved virtually intact and is the oldest surviving school building in Western Canada
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory [24] 1918 (completed) 2001 Saanich
 An observatory clad in painted white metal panels and featuring classically-inspired architectural embellishments; it is a world-renowned facility where many discoveries about the nature of the Milky Way were made, and it was one of the world’s main astrophysical research centres until the 1960s
Doukhobor Suspension Bridge [25] 1913 (completed) 1995 Castlegar
 A suspension bridge that spans the Kootenay River, built by the Doukhobours; a symbol of Doukhobour culture and one of the few remaining pre-Second World War built resources connected with this group
Emily Carr House [26] 1864 (completed) 1964 Victoria
 A two-storey Picturesque-Italianate style house; associated with Emily Carr, who was born in this house
Empress Hotel [27] 1908 (initially completed) 1981 Victoria
 A nationally-significant Château-style hotel, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Roundhouse [28] 1913 (completed) 1992 Victoria
 A roundhouse surrounded by railway shops and outbuildings; virtually unchanged since its construction, it is representative of the steam railway era in Canada
Esquimalt Naval Sites [29] 1865 (established) 1995 Esquimalt
 Four sites at the heart of CFB Esquimalt: Her Majesty’s Canadian (HMC) Dockyard, the former Royal Navy Hospital, the Veterans’ Cemetery and the Cole Island Magazine; illustrative of years of naval history, from the era of the British Royal Navy to the modern Royal Canadian Navy
Estate of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia [30] 1865 (Vice Regal use established); 1959 (house completed) 2002 Victoria
 A 14.6-hectare (36-acre) cultural landscape serving as the residence of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the province since 1865
First Crossing of North America [31] 1793 (arrival of Mackenzie) 1924 Bella Coola
 Located in Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park, the site of the farthest point west reached by Alexander Mackenzie during the first journey across the continent of North America north of Mexico
Fisgard Lighthouse [32] 1860 (completed) 1958 Colwood
 The first permanent lighthouse on the Pacific coast of Canada, built to mark the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour
Former Vancouver Law Courts [33] 1911 (completed) 1980 Vancouver
 Landmark courthouse that serves as an enduring symbol of the justice system in British Columbia, now used as the Vancouver Art Gallery; representative of the rapid growth and optimism of Vancouver at the time of its construction
Former Victoria Law Courts [34] 1888 (completed) 1981 Victoria
 The first major public building constructed by the provincial government after union with Canada, built to house the Supreme Court of British Columbia; now serves as the home of the Maritime Museum of BC
Fort Alexandria [35] 1821 (established) 1925 Alexandria
 Established as a trading post by the North West Company, it was the last post the company would build before its merger with the Hudson’s Bay Company; there are no known above ground remains of the fort
Fort Hope [36] 1848 (established) 1927 Hope
 Site of a Hudson's Bay Company post
Fort Kamloops [37] 1812 (first fort established) 1924 Kamloops Site of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company posts
Fort Langley [38] 1839 (established) 1923 Fort Langley
 The site of a Hudson’s Bay Company post located on the south banks of the Fraser River; the colony of British Columbia was proclaimed at Langley in 1858
Fort McLeod [39] 1805 (established) 1953 McLeod Lake
 The site of the first fur-trading post built by the North West Company west of the Rocky Mountains; for two decades after it was built, the fort served as the only liaison between the two sides of the Rockies
Fort Rodd Hill [40] 1898 (established) 1958 Colwood
 A coastal defence site containing three artillery batteries; representative of the role of the Esquimalt Harbour fortifications in the defence of the British Empire and Canada

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada - British Columbia, Parks Canada
  2. ^ British Columbia, National Historic Sites of Canada - administered by Parks Canada
  3. ^ 223 Robert Street. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ^ Abbotsford Sikh Temple. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ^ Barkerville. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  6. ^ Bay Street Drill Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  7. ^ Begbie Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  8. ^ Binning Residence. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  9. ^ Boat Encampment. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  10. ^ Britannia Mines Concentrator. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  11. ^ Britannia Shipyard. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  12. ^ Butchart Gardens. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  13. ^ Chee Kung Tong Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  14. ^ Chilkoot Trail. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  15. ^ Chilliwack City Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  16. ^ Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  17. ^ Christ Church. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  18. ^ Church of Our Lord. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  19. ^ Church of the Holy Cross. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  20. ^ Congregation Emanu-El. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  21. ^ Craigdarroch Castle. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  22. ^ Craigflower Manor House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  23. ^ Craigflower Schoolhouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  24. ^ Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  25. ^ Doukhobor Suspension Bridgey. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  26. ^ Emily Carr House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  27. ^ Empress Hotel. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  28. ^ Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Roundhouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  29. ^ Esquimalt Naval Sites. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  30. ^ Estate of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  31. ^ First Crossing of North America. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  32. ^ Fisgard Lighthouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  33. ^ Former Vancouver Law Courts. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  34. ^ Former Victoria Law Courts. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  35. ^ Fort Alexandria. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  36. ^ "Fort Hope National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada. Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0056&oqeName=Fort+Hope&oqfName=Fort+Hope. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  37. ^ "Fort Kamloops National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada. Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0058&oqeName=Fort+Kamloops&oqfName=Fort+Kamloops. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  38. ^ Fort Langley. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  39. ^ Fort McLeod. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  40. ^ Fort Rodd Hill. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  41. ^ Howse Pass. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
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