From the Nanaimo Bulletin: Entrance Island Lighthouse nominated for heritage designation. For nearly 140 years the Entrance Island Lighthouse has been a beacon shining across the waters of Georgia Strait to guide seafarers and aviators safely to their destination. The lighthouse, which has been manned since its construction in the mid-1870s, is located off the [...]
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The Daily News has a story about the lighthouse we see from Berry Point: Lighthouse keeper will remain in place at facility on Entrance Island. The Entrance Island lighthouse, just one of approximately 50 manned lighthouses left in Canada, and its keepers will continue to provide services for the local marine community. Gabriola boaters, and [...]
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All the Gabriola people who’ve written letters in support of lighthouse staffing will be pleased about this news from the CBC: Lighthouse de-staffing program cancelled by DFO.
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Have you been worried that Gabriola’s lighthouse (on Entrance Island) would be automated and left without a human lighthouse keeper? If so, this news may be a comfort. From the CBC: Keep staffing lighthouses: Senate panel. A Senate committee that travelled to two provinces to study lighthouse operations in the country is recommending Ottawa continue [...]
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Well, well. Apparently this lighthouse de-staffing thing has been put on hold. The Canadian Press explains: Fisheries Minister Gail Shea has ordered a review of Coast Guard plans to automate lighthouses in British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Shea says safety concerns have been raised by a number of parties over the gradual de-staffing of [...]
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The lighthouse keepers have left the building… and the light, and Entrance Island. This according to our well-informed source, that is. Apparently there are petitions in various shops around Gabriola, so you can go find one and sign it if you’d like our lighthouse to be staffed. Previous posts on this topic: Island lighthouse will [...]
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Gabriola looks out on the Entrance Island lighthouse. After reading the other day that this lighthouse will lose its keeper, I started reading up on what that might mean to boaters and others. Here’s what the
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From the Nanaimo Daily News: Island lighthouse will lose its keeper. A lighthouse on Entrance Island, located off the tip of Gabriola Island, will lose its keeper for the first time since 1876. The fully automated lighthouse is one of four along B.C.’s coast that the federal government is looking to destaff in the near [...]
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A few days I posted a photo of the Entrance Island lighthouse, seen from the bluff. This photo was taken from the same place, and of the same view… but in the fog. Foggy mornings make me happy.
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Looking out at the Entrance Island lighthouse, I’ve dreamed about being the lighthouse keeper. I’ve imagined waking to the sound of waves, watching the sea-lions, and doing the kind of important nautical things lighthouse-keepers do. Then yesterday, quite by chance, I met a fellow who spent a weekend on Entrance Island. "There were snakes everywhere," [...]
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