Rodd Hill
| Feature Type: | Hill - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, just W of VIctoria, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'54"N, 123°27'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on OBF 1449, Victoria A.1. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"After John Rashleigh Rodd, RN, 1st lieutenant HMS Fisgard under Captain John A. Dunze. Entered the navy 1830; lieutenant 1840; commander 1851; captain 1862; retired 1866; rear admiral 1877; vice admiral 1884; admiral 1888. Died 1892." Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |
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"....on the Pacific Station 1844-47. Guns were installed here in 1864 to protect Esquimalt Harbour." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |