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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard Pacific Region
Notes:
This is still a staffed light station as of early 2006.
Tower Height: 17
Height of Focal Plane: 67
Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 5 seconds, visible for 15 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: Red steel skeleton tower.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1898: Lantern on roof of wooden keeper's house (destroyed by storm in December 1982). 1957: Steel tower.
Date Established: 1898
Date Present Tower Built: 1983
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Keepers: Peter Wylie (1898-1899), ? Thompson (1899-1900), James Forsyth (1904), ? Reuter (1905-1916), Gordon Schweer (c. 1982), Andy Findlay (assistant, c. 1982), Brent Hacking (2003-), Sylvia Hacking (assistant 2003-)
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