Playing catch up with some older topics today.  Our trip to Fort Rodd Hill made it on to the blog a long time ago but what I never got around to including was the lighthouse.  We walked down the hill from the fort to see the lighthouse.  We had been looking at it from the fort itself, but it was not a long walk to get down to the water and see where it was situated.

The entrance to the harbor will have been vital from the earliest days that the British established a navy base at Esquimalt.  This lighthouse would have guided generations of ships into the port.  I assume that it is now more symbolic than anything else.  The modern navigation systems will provide accurate guidance, but it is still a landmark.