The massive West Camp Hangar being dismantled this week by the Department of National Defence was one of the last still standing because it was built with concrete pillars and steel trusses
A hangar built by the Royal Canadian Air Force to counter threats from the Pacific is coming down at Victoria International Airport.
Historian Doug Rollins, a librarian at the B.C. Aviation Museum, said the two camps were active during the 1930s and 1940s for training and protection as the military moved to extend its seaplane defences from the Lower Mainland to be closer to the coast. The hangars that followed in East Camp used wood because it wasn’t considered as vital to the war effort, he said. A brick administration building was torn down about a decade ago.
The current terminal at Victoria International Airport was the site of a bomb and ammunition dump, said Rollins. Near the current parking lots, there was an underground bunker in the event of a bombing raid.Rollins said some barracks buildings were moved to Sidney and still stand as businesses on Beacon Avenue, while others were set up around Deep Cove.
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