Love learning interesting pieces of local history? BC has over 90 national historic sites you can visit, including buildings, landscapes, railway stations and lighthouses. So if you’re keen on checking them out for yourself, we’re here with a list of them all to cross off one by one.
Among the most ‘unique’ sites are the Burgess Shale and McAbee fossils , the former of which are some of the oldest fossils in the world, situated at Kootenay National Park .
The latter can be found at a site north of Highway 1/97 east of Cache Creek and west of Kamloops. Known for its fantastic record of Eocene biodiversity, the heritage site is the most diverse in Canada, with preserved insect, plant, fish, spider, and crawfish fossils.
BC is also home to a handful of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks and the ancient village of SGang Gwaay in Haida Gwaii.
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Photo via Shutterstock From castles to shipyards, here are all the national historic sites you’ll find in BC:
223 Robert Street
Abbotsford Sikh Temple
Barkerville
Bay Street Drill Hall
Begbie Hall
Binning Residence
Boat Encampment
Britannia Mines Concentrator
Britannia Shipyard
Butchart Gardens
Chee Kung Tong Building
Chilkoot Trail
Chilliwack City Hall
Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point
Christ Church
Church of Our Lord
Church of the Holy Cross
Congregation Emanu-El
Craigdarroch Castle
Craigflower Manor House
Craigflower Schoolhouse
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Doukhobor Suspension Bridge
Emily Carr House
The Empress
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Roundhouse
Esquimalt Naval Sites
Estate of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
First Crossing of North America
Fisgard Lighthouse
Former Vancouver Law Courts
Former Victoria Law Courts
Fort Alexandria
Fort Hope
Fort Kamloops
Fort Langley
Fort McLeod
Fort Rodd Hill
Fort St. James
Fort St. John
Fort Steele
Fort Victoria
Gastown Historic District
Gitwangak Battle Hill (Kitwanga Fort)
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Hatley Park / Former Royal Roads Military College
Howse Pass
Kaslo Municipal Hall
Kicking Horse Pass
Kiix?in Village and Fortress
Kitselas Canyon
Kitwankul
Kiusta Village
Kootenay House
Lions Gate Bridge
Malahat Building / Old Victoria Custom House
Marpole Midden
McLean Mill
Metlakatla Pass
Miner’s Union Hall
Motor Vessel BCP 45
Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway
Nan Sdins
New Gold Harbour Area
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre
North Pacific Cannery
Orpheum Theatre
Pemberton Memorial Operating Room
Point Atkinson Lighthouse
Point Ellice House / O’Reilly House
Powell River Townsite Historic District
Rogers Building
Rogers Pass
Rossland Court House
Royal Theatre
SS Moyie
Saint Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Similkameen Spirit Trail
Skedans
St. Andrews Roman Catholic Cathedral
St. Ann’s Academy
St. Roch
Stanley Park
Stave Falls Hydro-Electric Installation
Tanu
Triple Island Lighthouse
Tse’K’wa
Twin Falls Tea House
Union Club of British Columbia
Uplands
Vancouver Japanese Language School
Vancouver’s Chinatown
Victoria City Hall
Vogue Theatre
Weir’s (Taylor’s) Beach Earthworks Site
Whaler’s Shrine Site
Xá:ytem / Hatzic Rock
Yan Village Indian Site
Yuquot
And that’s a wrap on some national historic sites to check out in BC.