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1851-1966 (Creation)
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Textual records in Boxes 91-93
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Series consists of historical files on Esquimalt, British Columbia and covering a very broad range of topics, including the military, naval, and maritime heritage of the Pacific northwest. The series is very general in nature, with some material on the "Japanese problem" of the Second World War. Includes Naval Historians' notes, correspondence, copies of articles, newspaper clippings and narratives. There are 15 volumes and the list of contents for each volume is partial only.
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Esquimalt is located on the southeast coast of Vancouver island near Victoria, and has been a naval base since the 1850s. The facility was enhanced by the construction of commercial / Royal Navy drydocks there in the 1880s. There was substantial controversy between Canada and the United Kingdom over the responsibility for the defence of Esquimalt from the 1870s, and these were not resolved for twenty years. The base was transferred to Canadian control in 1906. The base has dome importance during World War I when German raiders sporadically operated in the Pacific and much more in the late 1930s, World War II, and after when Esquimalt was the focus of Canadian defences on the West coast. The large Canadian Forces base there is home to Canada's Pacific fleet.