Carmanah Point Light Station

Carmanah Point Light Station

File:Carmanah Point Lighthouse - BC Canada.jpg Carmanah Point Lighthouse
British Columbia
Location	Carmanah Point British Columbia Canada
Coordinates
Year first constructed	1891 (first)
Year first lit	1920 (current)
Construction	concrete tower
Tower shape	octagonal frustum
Markings / pattern	white tower, red lantern house
Height	11 metres (36 ft)
Focal height	55.5 metres (182 ft)
Range	37 kilometres (23 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5 s.
Admiralty number	G5288
CHS number	CCG 0180
NGA number	13820
ARLHS number	CAN-120

Carmanah Point Light Station is a lighthouse on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance from the Pacific Ocean to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

History

The Carmanah Point Light Station was established in 1891. The first light was built of wood and was attached to the keeper's housing. The present tower was built in 1920 of concrete and remains in operation.

Keepers

• William Phillip Daykin 1891–1912)
• George Woodley 1912
• Robert S. Daykin 1912–1917
• James W. Davies 1917–1924
• Thomas A. McNabb 1924–1930, 1944
• John Alfred Hunting 1930–1931
• Henry Seymour Briggs 1931–1934
• Henry I. McKenzie 1935
• G.M. Clark 1935
• William Charles Copeland 1935–1940
• Walter Calverly, 1940–1941
• F.A. Mountain 1941-1946
• Francis George Copeland 1946–1952
• G.D. Wellard 1952-1958
• Bert Pearce 1964–1969
• Arthur Britton 1970–1976
• Robert W. Noble 1976–1979
• Don DeRousic 1979–1983
• Dieter Losel 1983–1986
• Jerry K. Etzkorn 1986–at least 2013

See also

• List of lighthouses in British Columbia
• Gibbs, Jim, Lighthouses of the Pacific, Philadelphia 1986 Schiffer ISBN 0-88740-054-X