Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill (48˚24'38" 123˚21'54" S side of Victoria, SE end of Vancouver I). Named in the 1840s by HBC officials after two beacons were installed—one on the hill and one on the shoreline—so that, when they were aligned, mariners could avoid running aground on dangerous offshore Brotchie Ledge when entering Victoria Hbr. The feature appears as Mt Beacon on an early Admiralty chart published in 1847, but the name Beacon Hill was well established by 1864. The area around the hill was...

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