Chrome Island Lighthouse

Lighthouse in British Columbia, Canada

Lighthouse

49°28′19.49″N 124°41′2.18″W / 49.4720806°N 124.6839389°W / 49.4720806; -124.6839389TowerConstructed1891 (first)Constructionfiberglass towerHeight7.5 metres (25 ft)Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower, red lanternPower sourcesolar power

OperatorCanadian Coast Guard^[1]LightFirst lit1989 (current)Focal height22 metres (72 ft)CharacteristicFl W 5s.

Chrome Island Lighthouse is a light station established in 1891 that assists traffic in the region of Deep Bay, British Columbia, Denman Island, and Hornby Island. It is currently a manned station, though in recent years the Canadian Coast Guard has considered automating it.

Along with electronic navigational aids, the five-second-flash lighthouse is about 21 metres (69 ft) above water level (depending on tides). The station has a helicopter landing deck and rescue boat.

The light is one of the 12 locations of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, and has collected coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans since 1961.^[2]

Keepers

Tom H. Piercy 1891–1898
William McDonagh 1898–1901
Walter Gordon 1901–1906
John Doney 1906–1914
James Fredrick Street 1914–1917
Albert Doney 1917–1919
Daniel O'Brien 1919–1922
G. Allan Couldery 1922–1939
Eugene Alexander Moden 1939–1953
Oscar Edwards 1953–1957
D.P. Gardner 1957–1960
Jim W. Bruton 1960–1964
William Edward Gardiner 1964–1977
Maurice Collette 1977–1979
Gerald Watson 1979–1980
Terrance Stewart 1980–1985
Charles Thomson 1986–1997
Barry Shaw 1997–1998
Charles Thomson 1998–2007
Roger Williamson 2007–present^[3]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
^ Fisheries and Oceans Canada (21 March 2019). "Data from BC lightstations". www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ Chrome Island B.C. Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Friends