Ballenas Island Light

Lighthouse

49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°W / 49.35056; -124.160222TowerConstructed1900Constructionconcrete towerHeight11 metres (36 ft)Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower, red balcony and lanternPower sourcesolar power

OperatorCanadian Coast Guard ^[1]LightFirst lit1917Focal height21 metres (69 ft)Range17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)CharacteristicFl W 10s.

The Ballenas Island Light is an operational lighthouse built in 1900 and moved to its current location in 1912, on West Ballenas Island, Canada. It is a white, octagonal concrete tower with a red lantern 27 metres (89 ft) in height. It is not open to the public as it is on a privately owned island.^[2]

Keepers

William Henry Brown (1901–11)
Wilhelm Betiat (1911)
T.C.L. Hayllar (1912)
Arthur Broughton Gurney (1912–16)
Mrs. A.B. Gurney (1917–19)
Arthur Broughton Gurney (1920–21)
Philip Gresely Cox (1921–22)
Joseph Edgar Pettingell (1923–24)
John Alfred Hunting (1924–30)
Ernest Charles Dawe (1930–35)
Alfred David Douglas (1935–37)
Arthur G. Waldern (1952–57)
Lance Hooper (early 1960s)
Peter Fletcher (1966–70)
Frederick Pratt (1970–89)
J. Keith Nuttall (1989–93)
Richard Wood (1994–96)^[3]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ "Foghorn Publishing ... Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Ballenas Island Light". Foghorn Publishing. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
^ Lighthouse friends