- Address
- Searchlight System
- Type
- Military Defence Installation
- Designated
- 1997
Searchlight Engine Room
Also known as Searchlight System, Searchlight Engine Room
Searchlight System, Colwood
About Searchlight Engine Room
Searchlight Engine Room is one of 20 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings in Colwood. Its record dates Searchlight Engine Room to 1898–1902. The register names Royal Engineers as its architect.
The Searchlight Engine Room is situated near the centre of Fort Rodd Hill. The L-shaped, partly subterranean structure has two elevations exposed towards a ramp in a ditch. One side has a repetitive window rhythm with an entrance leading from the ramp. The sidewall of the structure is stepped while the roof of the storage tank is arched. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Searchlight Engine Room · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
Federal heritage buildings are Classified or Recognized; this one is Recognized.
Questions about Searchlight Engine Room
Can you visit Searchlight Engine Room?
Yes from the outside; whether it opens its doors is for its owner to say.
What is Searchlight Engine Room?
In 1997 the federal government recognized Searchlight Engine Room as a heritage building.
Is Searchlight Engine Room protected?
The federal heritage policy applies while Canada owns it.
When was Searchlight Engine Room built?
The register dates the construction of Searchlight Engine Room to 1898–1902.
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).