Pachena Point Light

48°43′19.6″N 125°05′51.2″W / 48.722111°N 125.097556°W / 48.722111; -125.097556TowerConstructionwooden towerHeight66 feet (20 m)Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower, red lanternOperatorCanadian Coast Guard^[1]Heritagerecognized federal heritage building of Canada, heritage lighthouse LightFirst lit1908Focal height154 feet (47 m)LensFirst order Fresnel lensRange14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)CharacteristicFl (2) W 7.5 seconds

Pachena Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Bamfield, British Columbia, in Pacific Rim National Park. The octagonal wooden tower is maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard who employ lighthouse keepers at the station.

Keepers

• John S. Richardson 1907 – 1908
• William Robinson Pillar 1908 – 1913
• Richard Clark 1913 – 1919
• G. Allan Couldrey 1919 - 1923
• Art Gorden 1923 – 1924
• James W. Davis 1925 – 1930
• Guy Clear 1930 – 1931
• John Alfred Hunting 1924, 1931 - 1958
• Gerald Wellard 1957 – 1959
• William Milne 1969
• F. Bergthorson 1969 – 1973
• Robert W. Noble 1973 – 1976
• Tom E. Carr 1977 – 1983
• Edward J. Ashe 1983 – 1985
• Ian Crocker 1985 – 1991, 1996 – 1998
• Iain Colquohuon 1988 – 1991
• Peter Redhead 1991 – 1992, 1998 – 2004
• Calvin Martin 2005 – Present^[2]

See also

• List of lighthouses in British Columbia
• List of lighthouses in Canada

References

External links

• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
• Fogwhistle Website
• Lighthouse Depot Database, Pachena Point Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
• "Pachena Point". BC Geographical Names.