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The Department of National Defence is getting rid of its Royal Roads property in Victoria, BC.

There is a lot of history in that property which includes Hatley Castle.

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The facility has been used by the military since the 1940s (it became known as Royal Roads Military College in the late 1960s). Alumni include former Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk.

The military college was decommissioned but the facility continues on as a university.

The site is also a popular destination for movie crews. Among the films shot there include Deadpool, a couple of X-Men movies (it was Xavier’s school for mutants) and TV series such as Smallville, Arrow and MacGyver.

DND owns all of the Royal Roads property consisting of approximately 260 hectares (or more than 640 acres). “The entire property, including where the University sits, is surplus to Defence operations and will be released from DND ownership,” said DND spokesman Daniel Le Bouthillier.