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Post by lmtengs on Jan 29, 2012 18:07:24 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. Fascinating! My great uncle, Frank Glinn (erroneously recorded as "Frank Glynn" in some places, including Lights of the Inside Passage) was 25 years a keeper, the last 10 on Lucy Island until 1963. He passed away later that year 12 miles way, on the mainland in Prince Rupert. This was the year I was born, in England: my grandfather was his brother, Tom Glinn. Frank was also born in England in 1900, into a naval / coastguarding family, but "ran away" some time around 1920 - possibly going AWOL during the first world war - who knows? So I never got to meet Frank and his wife, Eleanor Pearis (nee Tite), but I do have a letter from them to my parents congratulating them on my birth, as well as copies of his birth and death certificates. I also have been sent a copy from Prince Rupert, in recent years of a photo of my parents! I have also become a keen birder, and am interested to find Frank cited in the academic ornithological paper The Auk, published by one of the Canadian Universities, as a source into research on the breeding range of the Rhinocerous Auklet, which is now, of course, well documented as a Lucy Island resident. I have also been sent, by a kind resident of Prince Rupert, a photo of his grave, which no blood relative has yet visited; and by another lighthouse authority, Jim Derham, some photos of Frank which originated by the - wait for it - niece of Eleanor's second husband: she remarried after Frannk's death, out of necessity, but died "of a broken heart" within 18 months of Frank. Or so the story goes! Anyway, here's a photo of Eleanor, taken by Frank, on Lucy ... I have many more photos but haven't worked out how to post them better on these boards. If anyone is really interested let me know and I'll persist in learning how to post them! Also, if anyone has any more references, info or photos, please do get in touch. Next year I will become 50, and I plan to make a trip to visit Lucy and Frank's grave in Prince Rupert ... I asked, and the Glinn family would have left the year before my family started staffing the lighthouse. Perhaps we were your family's replacements? You might recall the names Fred and Kate? Not sure of their last name, but they were the other two people living on Lucy Island at the time.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 26, 2012 19:15:45 GMT -8
From May 18, 2012: Georgina Point, on Mayne Island Entrance Island, off of Gabriola Island.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 16, 2012 10:42:44 GMT -8
Amphitrite lighthouse, near Ucluelet, BC - Seen June 15, 2012 from the MV Frances Barkley.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 8, 2012 17:52:27 GMT -8
Point Atkinson light, with Lions Gate bridge south-tower in background. - from MV Coastal Renaissance on July 8, 2012; a hazy day
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2012 13:14:04 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 28, 2012 17:39:36 GMT -8
Point Atkinson light and Lions Gate Bridge. - seen from Queen of Cowichan 6:20am ferry. Sept.18, 2012.
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Post by Neil on Oct 25, 2012 21:20:38 GMT -8
Chrome Island, off the south tip of Denman. I was surprised to learn that this station is still manned. Not that I subscribe in the slightest to the policy of demanning our traditional lighthouses... but the fact is that traffic up Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel is very light, with most shipping traversing the open strait to the east of Hornby. I'd be interested to know how this station has escaped the federal cuts. I was almost as interested to note how many of these little characters were on the road to Boyle Point. Many were, unfortunately, considerably flatter than this little guy, a product of their predilection for travel by road, and also perhaps due to their default defense mechanism, which is basically standing stock still, an obviously ineffective tactic with regard to ton-and-a-half motor vehicles. I shuddered every time a car drove by.
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Post by Mirrlees on Oct 25, 2012 21:39:19 GMT -8
Yes, in our region of Georgia Strait, Chrome Island, Ballenas Island, up by Parksville, Entrance Island, and Merry Island are all manned stations.
Chrome was destined for de-staffing as were the all the rest a couple of years ago until the Federal Senate Committee put the brakes on the idea. This is why Government is shutting down Coast Guard bases and Vessel Traffic Radio Services.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 29, 2012 19:15:44 GMT -8
No photos, but a story concerning Pulteney Point Lighthouse, on Malcolm Island BC.
The lighthouse is at the northern tip of the island, near the inside entrance to Port McNeill. So it's a mainly protected waters lighthouse, marking the start of the Broughton Straits.
It's a manned lighthouse.
The innkeeper of the place where I'm staying this weekend grew up at that lighthouse, where her father was lightkeeper.
Reading the guest-info book at my guest cottage, I see a photo of the Alaska Steamship Company's COLUMBIA aground at the point in 1942. This was during the period when lighthouses were blacked-out, following the supposed Japanese shelling of Estevan Point lighthouse (which I think was an American stunt, but I digress).
Not surprisingly, many of the early lightkeepers there were Finnish. The lighthouse opened in 1905.
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Today on the ferry over to Sointula, I chatted with a lady who was traveling there for the first time (just like me). However, she is starting a 3-week relief shift at the lighthouse. Yes, her job is that she's the relief-lightkeeper around BC's Coast, and she says that she's worked at almost every singled manned light station on our coast.
She's from Gabriola Island, but surprisingly Entrance Island (next to Gabriola) is one of the few stations that she hasn't worked at.
She said that this Malcolm Island Pulteney Point job is unique for her because she can drive right up to the lighthouse. Most of the time at other jobs, she is lowered by a Sikorski helicopter ;D
What an interesting job, to be a roaming relief lightkeeper.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 7, 2013 18:19:35 GMT -8
A close crop of Lennard Island lighthouse, off of Tofino. - photo taken from Cox Bay, in October 2012.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 17, 2013 21:11:07 GMT -8
Part of the lighthouse area at Friendly Cove, on Nootka Island. - seen by me in July 2013, on a Uchuck-III trip. This bridge connects the helicopter landing pad and the trail to the beach to the main lighthouse building area. As you can see from the background, we were there on a beautiful summer day.
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Post by audreym on May 21, 2014 11:59:22 GMT -8
Hello. I'm working with the archives in Prince Rupert and we have recently come into possession of photographs of Lucy Island. @sglinn, the photos are from the 1950s and 60s, but we have very little information other than that. There are some photos which have been labeled as Alex "Mac" Mackenzie. Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by Nick on Jun 7, 2014 20:22:32 GMT -8
This is Triangle Island, taken on June 2 2014. Triangle Island is about 30 miles off Cape Scott on the north coast of Vancouver Island. It hosted a lighthouse from 1909 to 1919, but it was abandoned because of difficulty landing supplies, as well as fog. The lighthouse was far too high to be useful in the fog that is so prevalent in the region. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_IslandThe island is now a protected area, in an effort to protect bird colonies that roost on the island.
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 31, 2014 12:07:21 GMT -8
There are many very picturesque lighthouses along the west coast including this one in Alaskan waters. This is Point Retreat Lighthouse, on Inside Passage near Juneau. The photo was taken on 27 July 2014, from the AMHS ferry FVF Fairweather. This is located at the northern end of Admiralty Island. Ferries en route between Juneau & Sitka must go around this point so you get a good look at it from both sides. For more info on this lighthouse see this: www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=827 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 20, 2015 20:54:37 GMT -8
Port Townsend, WA, 'Lighthouse' with early morning visitors - 18 March 2015. I have read that this is a replica lighthouse & does not function as a real beacon for mariners... It is one of many interesting & picturesque buildings in & around Port Townsend. © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 26, 2015 8:01:10 GMT -8
Here's the 100 year old Amphitrite Point lighthouse, at Ucluelet BC. - I saw it last week, on April 23, 2015.
My viewing spot is along the fabulous "Wild Pacific Trail."
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 11, 2015 18:16:08 GMT -8
Some east coast lighthouses: Derby Wharf Lightstation - Salem, MA East Quoddy Head Lighthouse - Campobello Island, New Brunswick Green's Point Lighthouse - L'Etete, New Brunswick East Point Lighthouse - Prince Edward Island Souris Lighthouse - Souris, Prince Edward Island Wood Islands Lighthouse - Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island Peggy's Point Lighthouse - Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Cape Forchu Lightstation - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Ram Island Lighthouse - Portland, ME Portland Head Lighthouse - Portland, ME
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 19, 2016 15:29:55 GMT -8
I did not know whether I should put this photo up on our big ugly ships thread, or our lighthouse thread, but seeing as we don't actually have the former .... I don't think we have any photos on this thread of the light @ Trial Island. Some time I might get lucky & catch a ship more appealing passing by here. This ship has just delivered a load of new Toyotas, Hondas, or maybe Kias to Vancouver. In this view she is heading out to go get another load. I recall that BC Ferries was considering replacing all the V's, C's, Spirits & Super C's with one of these. They could just run one route Tilbury to Duke Point with one sailing per week to move all the traffic. There would be a reduced food service aboard, but large cost savings to BC Ferries. Automobile carrier Tranquil Ace (IMO 9561253) passes Trial Island Lighthouse near Victoria, BC - 17 October 2016 © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 20, 2017 10:33:19 GMT -8
Some lights along the Inside Passage, between Port Hardy & Prince Rupert, seen during my recent trip north (August 10th) aboard the Northern Expedition ... Addenbroke Island Lighthouse on BC's Inside Passage just north of Cape Calvert
Dryad Point Light, on the BC Central Coast just north of Bella Bella, BC
Ivory Island Light, on the BC Central Coast north west of Bella Bella, BC in Millbanke Sound. So who on this forum could handle living & working at this light through the fall & winter months?
Boat Bluff Lighthouse, on the BC Central Coast just north of Klemtu, BC
All photos © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on FlickrCommentary, from Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 3, 2018 19:02:16 GMT -8
Entrance Island lighthouse, which market the route to Nanaimo's harbour. - seen by me from Orlebar Point on Gabriola Island, on a lovely May 2018 day DSC01718 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 4, 2018 12:44:57 GMT -8
Night is a good time to see the various sea and air navigation & hazzard lights. Here's my 1:30am view from July 3, 2018 at Galiano Island Bluffs Park: Helen Point on Mayne Island has a white light for the west entrance to Active Pass The red light in the middle of the channel marks a rock or reef, and the ferries navigate past this marker. It kinda also marks the turn into Village Bay or into Active Pass. Portlock Point lighthouse is visible on Prevost Island. . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 21, 2019 13:52:19 GMT -8
A snowy Portlock Point Light, Prevost Island - seen from the BC Ferry Spirit of BC en route from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay - 13 February 2019.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 27, 2019 16:50:00 GMT -8
Green Island Light, Chatham Sound, 40 km north west of Prince Rupert - 25 July 2019. No BC Ferry route passes this place, but AMHS vessels do when en route to/from Prince Rupert, or Bellingham, WA. This place continues to be staffed with humans. It is the most northerly of lighthouses on the BC coast and is designated a federal heritage place. It is also a popular spot for a host of bird species. Higher resolution version here.
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 21, 2023 21:50:56 GMT -8
Sheringham Point Lighthouse, south-west coast of Vancouver Island between Sooke & Port Renfrew. This lighthouse was automated a few decades ago. No light keepers live here anymore. A preservation society maintains the place now. sheringhamlighthouse.ca/
The shoreline in the distance is in Washington State, to be specific, the Olympic Peninsula.
21 June 2023
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 10, 2023 13:07:09 GMT -8
You might be able to catch a glimpse of this lighthouse from the ferry sometime called the BSC.
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