Observatory Hill (Saanich)

Observatory Hill, also known as Little Saanich Mountain, is a hill with a summit elevation of 224 meters located in Saanich, British Columbia in the Coast Douglas Fir zone. Its bedrock is quartz-feldspar gneiss of the Colquitz Formation.

Observatory Hill is the site of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, completed in 1918 by the Canadian government.

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