CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum is located at Naden on Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, in the city of Victoria, which is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, province of British Columbia, Canada.

The museum's goal is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the history and heritage of the naval presence on Canada’s West Coast and of the military on Southern Vancouver Island.

Select museum information to learn about:

• Visiting the museum including
  - opening hours & admission
  - how to get to the museum
  - contact numbers
• History of the museum, including its buildings, and the surrounding military base
• Museum Services, including archival research and photo reproduction services & facility rentals. The museum also has a Gift Shop.
• Getting involved in the museum.

Choose the articles & projects section to read brief items about:

• local heroes
• ship histories
• local vignettes
• outstanding women
• characters & controversies
• facets of a sailor’s life
• defending the west coast

In this section you can learn about - perhaps get involved with - some of the museum projects aimed at gaining more insight into Naval & Military history

July 5, 1950 - HMC Ships Cayuga, Sioux and Athabaskan sail from Esquimalt with instructions to place themselves under the orders of the United Nations Supreme commander for operations in Korean waters (Korean War, 1950-1953). Each of the three ships does three tours of duty in Korean waters, with Sioux returning last, in 1955.

Ferdinand "Waldo" Demara, who earned the infamous nickname ‘The Great Impostor’, joined Cayuga for her second tour of duty.
»»»  ‘Valour Remembered - Canadians in Korea’

CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum has begun a project to gather data about women who served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) during World War II.

For further information about this project, visit
The Wren Registry

Read about the Museum's first publishing project,
On the Double, Matilda!