Fort Victoria

Fort Victoria was erected by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1843. A bastion stood at its northeast corner, from which the stockade ran southward past the gateway at Fort Street and westward toward the harbour. The bastion design includes bricks bearing the names of Hudson’s Bay Company employees and later residents of the area, while bricks around the outer rim of the octagon carry the names of some of the Indians who signed treaties giving the Hudson’s Bay Company ownership of the Fort Victoria site.

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