This is a list of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast.
North Coast Barrett Point Frederick Point, Digby Island, twin QF 12 pounder naval guns Casey Point, 2x25 pounders Fairview Point, 2x 8" railway guns Dundas Point Seal Cove Watson Island,Watson Island ammunition depot, hospital, ocean dock (stores warehouse), and command postCommand post
Central Coast Bella Bella – Two 75 mm guns and an anti-aircraft to protect the seaplane base Yorke Island coastal defence fort
South Coast Fort Rodd Hill, originally built in the 19th century to defend Victoria and CFB Esquimalt Albert Head, 9.2-inch guns, counter bombardment battery during WWII Mary Hill Christopher Point Battery – 1941–44 - 2 × 8-inch M1888 American railway guns Duntze Head Ogden Point Battery – 1939–1943 with better guns replaced Breakwater Battery in 1944 Black Rock battery – 1893–1956 Macaulay Point, 3-gun battery dating back to 1878 Golf Hill (WW II 1940–44 position), 2 × 12-pdr quick-firing anti motor torpedo boat (AMTB) guns Point Grey, 3 × 6-inch guns and director tower, now the site of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, although one gun position and tunnel entrances remain. Ferguson Point, Stanley Park First Narrows Gantry, two 12-pdr QF guns. Demolished in the 1970s Steveston, one 18-pdr field gun, later replaced by two 25-pdr field guns Ordnance QF 25 pounder Signal Hill (Needs Restoration)
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