Gun Emplacement / Emplacement du canon

One 6-inch gun on a disappearing carriage was mounted in this emplacement, where the wall and sunken position helped conceal and protect the gun and crew from enemy bombardment, and the concrete apron and earth glacis extending from the top of the wall were designed to deflect incoming shells. The gun had a 100-pound projectile and a range of 10,000 yards. The original gun barrel mounted here from 1897 to about 1943 survives, although the structure supporting it is not the original carriage. The disappearing carriage allowed the gun to be lowered behind the emplacement wall for reloading and then raised above the wall for firing.

British Columbia · Canada