- Address
- Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site
- Type
- Military Defence Installation
- Designated
- 1997
Fortress Plotting Room
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, Colwood
About Fortress Plotting Room
Fortress Plotting Room is one of 20 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings in Colwood. The register gives 1940–1942 for Fortress Plotting Room. The register names National Defence as its architect.
The Fortress Plotting Room sits on hilly terrain within Fort Rodd Hill. Carefully camouflaged by a wall, the structure is defined by the projecting single-storey entrance, the paired doorways, the two rectangular airshafts and the earth cover behind the L-shaped concrete structure. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Fortress Plotting Room · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
Federal heritage buildings are Classified or Recognized; this one is Recognized.
Questions about Fortress Plotting Room
What is Fortress Plotting Room?
Fortress Plotting Room became a Recognized Federal Heritage Building in 1997.
When was Fortress Plotting Room built?
The register dates the construction of Fortress Plotting Room to 1940–1942.
Is Fortress Plotting Room protected?
The federal heritage policy applies while Canada owns it.
Can you visit Fortress Plotting Room?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract).
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).