64 Pounder Guns

In 1878 on the approach of an enemy cruiser squadron these 64 pounder muzzle-loading naval guns were hastily shore mounted to protect Esquimalt. Subsequently they were issued to No. 5 Battery B.C. Brigade of garrison artillery, the first citizen militia unit in Vancouver. That historic battery became the present British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own).

Outside the Beatty Street Drill Hall.

Photos of the guns: http://imgur.com/riBg1Yu & http://imgur.com/GZmVKaX

More information: http://www.5thartilleryregiment.ca/our-history/coast-defences/1878-1893/

Submitted by: Jennie Eggleston (www.instagram.com/jeggle)