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Post by lmtengs on Sept 5, 2010 10:10:53 GMT -8
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 6, 2010 14:11:59 GMT -8
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Sept 6, 2010 14:38:14 GMT -8
The lighthouse on Entrance Island: Lighthouse Point on Mayne Island:
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 6, 2010 17:13:17 GMT -8
Here are some more BC Coastal Lighthouses, starting with the Estevan Point Lightstation, the only location in Canada to be damaged in connection to WWII. Estevan Point Lighthouse also happens to be my #1 favorite Lighthouse. Cape Rafael Lighthouse: Lennard Island Lightstation: Cape Beale Lighthouse: Cape Beale, near Bamfield is also the site of the first Lighthouse on North America's West Coast. Pachena Point Lighthouse: Carmanah Point Lighthouse: Sherringham Point Lightstation (now automated): Race Rocks Lighthouse: Fisgard Lighthouse (now a National Historic Site): I've got a better photo or two of Fisgard taken back in '05, so I'll post them some day when I have time to find them. I'll also post some of Point Atkinson Lighthouse, Entrance Island, and any others I come across in my archives... Also, about that rock near Prince Rupert that I was saying was a Canadian Forces Establishment; unless this website is wrong, then I was wrong and was thinking of the wrong rock... or maybe it was an army establishment before it was a lightstation? I don't know, but whatever it was, it's an automated light now: www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/holland/
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 7, 2010 14:16:16 GMT -8
Lucy Island Lightstation located 10 miles NW of Prince Rupert. (Automated). Taken Summer 1984. An aerial from the CG helicopter that brought me in How supplies were brought in when the helicopter was not available. Taken Spring '83. All Photos Copyright Mirrlees
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 7, 2010 14:49:17 GMT -8
My family worked at the Lucy Island Lightstation for a year or two in either '64, '65, or '66, before it was automated. Two families lived on the island; one worked dayshifts and one worked nightshifts.
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 7, 2010 15:05:29 GMT -8
My brother-in-law was the last Senior keeper there! He left in '87 and was posted at Merry where he is today.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 7, 2010 15:44:08 GMT -8
My brother-in-law was the last Senior keeper there! He left in '87 and was posted at Merry where he is today. What year did he start there? My grandfather or grandmother might've known him! My mom was too young at the time to remember anything of it, as she was born in 1962 and would've been a toddler at the time.
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 7, 2010 16:08:41 GMT -8
He was at Lucy from Fall 1982- Spring 1987.
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Sept 7, 2010 19:15:41 GMT -8
Pilot Bay Provincial Park Lighthouse, in the Kootenay's:
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 8, 2010 6:28:33 GMT -8
He was at Lucy from Fall 1982- Spring 1987. Then I guess he wouldn't have known them. He may however have known Fred and Kate, the lighthouse keepers that worked in the other shift. Eventually, they moved down to Merry Island Lighthouse (I think that's what the lighthouse is called...?)
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 8, 2010 16:05:46 GMT -8
Just so that people aren't kept waiting, here's a close-up on Fisgard: I'll have some better ones soon, it's just that this one has already been put on the internet. The photo was indeed taken in '05.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 8, 2010 16:49:01 GMT -8
Here are those photos of the Lucy Island Lighthouse, back in the days when it was manned. These are from approximately 1965: The houses. Both were exact mirrors of each other: The lighthouse, taken from the little hill that the two houses were on: The two houses, but from farther away: Bubble chopper, which would bring in food and supplies whenever needed: These things remind me of the ones shown frequently on the old TV show M.A.S.H.
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 8, 2010 20:57:17 GMT -8
Wow! there was a helicopter pad beside the tower! It's current location is at the other end of the island. It was connected to the station end via a long often slippery wooden boardwalk.
Oh, and the helicopter is a Bell 47-G2 same type as in M*A*S*H.
The CG helicopter that brought me there was a Sikorsky S-61-N. Similar to Marine One that the U.S. President rides around.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 9, 2010 14:58:48 GMT -8
Wow! there was a helicopter pad beside the tower! It's current location is at the other end of the island. It was connected to the station end via a long often slippery wooden boardwalk. Do you have any idea how the buildings have been kept up in the years since Lucy was demanned?
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 9, 2010 21:57:11 GMT -8
The houses were burned down to the foundations. It's a liability thing if anyone started wandering around out there.
The engine room, winch, winch engine shed, fuel tanks, and fuel shed were removed at automation in 1987.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 9, 2010 22:39:23 GMT -8
The houses were burned down to the foundations. It's a liability thing if anyone started wandering around out there. The engine room, winch, winch engine shed, fuel tanks, and fuel shed were removed at automation in 1987. Kinda sad. They should've kept them running as tourist cabins, for those who want to rent a cabin for the weekend. Just construct a little floating dock, and tada! It could work similar to those new cabins at Porteau Cove.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 12, 2010 8:02:35 GMT -8
Lighthouse tour of the inside passage. From South to North, on July 5, 2010: Scarlett Point, just north of Port Hardy: Pine Island, marking the north entrance to Queen Charlotte Strait: Egg Island, in the middle of Smith Sound, just north of Cape Caution. - the original light was destroyed in a storm. So it's now a high tower light Addenbroke Island, east of Calvert Island in Fitz Hugh Sound. - The light-keeper was murdered here in 1928 ------------------- Dryad Point, just north of Bella Bella. - the intersection of Lama Passage and Seaforth Channel. ----------------- Ivory Island, marking the west entrance to Seaforth Channel, from Milbanke Sound. ------------------------ Boat Bluff, the entry into Tolmie Channel: - our first peek at BB - We're not the only visitor to this area. - Coast Guard helicopter landing at the light station Beauty ! ---------------- ....and here's a little light marker at Sainty Point, at the south entrance to Grenville Channel. - I've heard that southbound vessels are required to make a course-correction at this marker.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 12, 2010 8:09:53 GMT -8
From June 2008: - here's that lighthouse at Dryad Point, one of the most photographed items on the inside passage route:
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 12, 2010 8:13:38 GMT -8
From September 2009, on a Route-40 trip: Dryad narrows and point: I mentioned to some tourists that I met the previous evening that they would want to go outside to see "the prettiest part of the entire route". - I was happy to see the reflection of the building and lighthouse. Lighthouse tour continues with Ivory Island, where Seaforth Channel meets Milbanke Sound:
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 13, 2010 19:52:33 GMT -8
Great shot of the Sikorsky S-61-N there, Flugel.!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 13, 2010 20:09:36 GMT -8
Great shot of the Sikorsky S-61-N there, Flugel.! Thanks for identifying it for me . We were at right place / right time.
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Post by Mirrlees on Sept 13, 2010 20:13:57 GMT -8
Great shot of the Sikorsky S-61-N there, Flugel.! Thanks for identifying it for me . We were at right place / right time. That's the one that took me over to Lucy Island from Prince Rupert.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 18, 2010 20:29:04 GMT -8
Georgina Point on Mayne Island. - on Oct.15, 2010
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 27, 2010 21:54:18 GMT -8
When you look out at the same lighthouse for a few consecutive days, you get a bit fond of the sight of it. - we enjoyed looking at the lighthouse on Ballenas Island, from our stay at Tigh-na-Mara resort near Parksville. www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/ballenas/Some days the strait was grey, and other days it looked like we could reach-out and touch Sechelt. By the way, I had thought that this lighthouse might be Merry Island, but once I returned home and did some research, I realized my error. =================== Ballenas Island lighthouse, on Dec.25-27, 2010: - all photos from Tigh-na-Mara at Parksville. - the lighthouse is on the left-side of the photo. - with some Seaspan barges in the strait. - it's easy to spot the lighthouse in a low-light picture, as long as I snapped the photo at the right time (or did a time-exposure) - lighthouse on the left side, Cypress Mountain ski-lift near the middle of the photo. - I think this one is my favourite. I like the transmission tower on the mainland (or maybe on Thormanby Isl). - just before sunrise.
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