Ballenas Island Light
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.
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)
See also
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
External links
- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard