Ballenas Island Light

Ballenas Island Lighthouse
Ballenas Island Light, far side of upper island
British Columbia
Location Ballenas Islands
British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates 49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°W / 49.35056; -124.160222Coordinates: 49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°W / 49.35056; -124.160222
Year first constructed 1900
Year first lit 1917
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red balcony and lantern
Height 11 metres (36 ft)
Focal height 21 metres (69 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 10s.
Admiralty number G5508
CHS number CCG 0490
NGA number 12868
ARLHS number CAN-018
Managing agent Canadian Coast Guard [1]

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

See also

References

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



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