Observatory Hill

Observatory Hill (48˚31'12" 123˚25'07" Between Elk Lk and Prospect Lk, southern Saanich Peninsula, just N of Victoria). The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory was constructed on this 230-m hill in 1917. The feature had long been known as Saanich Hill, and later as Little Saanich Mtn, but the new name was adopted in 1924 after a submission by observatory director John Plaskett. The observatory’s 1.8-m telescope was, for a short time, the largest in the world. The site is also home to a 1.2-m...

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