| Active Pass |
June 10, 1885; rebuilt 1940, 1969 |
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March 1997 |
on Mayne Island; 5 miles by water to Saltspring Island |
| Addenbroke Island |
April 15, 1914; rebuilt 1968 |
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west side of Addenbroke Island in Fitz Hugh Sound, near Calvert Island |
| Albert Head |
December 1929 |
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1985 |
near Esquimalt; 5 miles west of Victoria, BC |
| Amphitrite Point |
1906; replaced March 23, 1915; 1929 |
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2 miles from Ucluelet; destroyed by tidal wave in January 1914 |
| Balfour* |
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west arm of Kootenay Lake |
| Ball Island* |
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| Ballenas Island |
December 1, 1900: relocated 1912; 1914 |
September 1996 |
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NW tip of North Ballenas Island; 8 kms. from Parksville, BC |
| Bare Point |
1897; 1926; 1940 |
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1926 |
entrance to Chemainus Bay on Vancouver Island |
| Barret Rock |
1919 |
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1963 |
entrance to Prince Rupert harbour |
| Berens Island |
March 5, 1875 |
1925; now a day marker on a concrete base |
1925 |
Esquimalt side of Victoria harbour; |
| Birnie Point* |
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On rocksouth of Knox Point on Birnie Island; near Port Simpson, BC |
| Boat Bluff |
1907 |
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SE side of Sarah Island in Tolmie Channel; 4.8 kms from Klemtu |
| Bonilla Island |
1960 |
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96.6 kms from Prince Rupert |
| Brockton Point |
1890; 1902; rebuilt 1914 |
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according to Don Graham it was destaffed in 1926?? Proper date is 1946 |
entrance to Coal Harbour in Vancouver; located in Stanley Park |
| Brotchie Ledge |
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November 30, 1934 |
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off Victoria Harbour |
| Calamity Point Beacon and Fog Bell (aka Calamity Point up to January 14, 1954) |
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unmanned station on north shore of Bzrrard Inlet between Prospect and Brockton points |
| Calamity Point* |
1931 |
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north shore Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, BC |
| Cape Beale |
July 1, 1874; refurbished 1958 |
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5 miles from Bamfield by trail |
| Cape Mudge |
September 16, 1898 |
1998 |
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5 miles SE Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island; across from Campbell River, BC |
| Cape Scott |
1959 |
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north end of Vancouver Island |
| Cape St. James |
February 15, 1914 |
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unmanned August 10-15, 1945 (RCAF) ; 1961 (CG); September 01,, 1992 (AES) |
atop Cape St. James; south end of Island Queen Charlotte Islands |
| Capilano Light (aka First Narrows) |
May 27, 1913 |
electrified June 1946; replaced with concrete beacon Feb. 1969 |
June 1946 |
off the Capilano River in Vancouver harbour |
| Carmanah Point |
September 15, 1890; changed 1921 |
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west coast of Vancouver Island |
| Carr Point* |
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possibly near Metlakatla OR Cassiar OR? |
| Channel Rock* |
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unknown |
| Chatham Point |
1959 |
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25 miles from Campbell River on highway and then 15 miles on gravel service road |
| Chrome Island (aka Yellow Island) |
January 1, 1891; 1929 |
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1995 |
South end of Denman Island; 20 miles to Qualicum by water |
| Crofton Light* |
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on SE Shoal Island near Crofton on Vancouver Island |
| Denman Island* |
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April 02, 1921 |
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on the reef on the west side of the island, southward of Denman Point |
| Discovery Island |
April 10, 1886 |
January 1997 |
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4 miles from Oak Bay Marina; Victoria, BC |
| Dryad Point |
November 7, 1899; refurbished 1919 |
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on NE end of Campbell Island; 3.5 km N of Bella Bella |
| East Point |
January 1, 1888; refurbished 1967 |
June 1996 |
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see Saturna Island Lightstation |
| Egg Island |
October 7, 1898; rebuilt 1949 |
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in Queen Charlotte Sound; entrance to Smith's Sound; hit by tidal wave November 2, 1948 |
| Entrance Island |
June 8, 1875; refurbished 1891; 1905; 1921 |
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1/2 mile off southern tip of Gabriola Island; near Nanaimo |
| Estevan Point |
April 15, 1910 |
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28 miles NW of Tofino; on Vancouver Island; weather station (AES) and lighthouse (CG) |
| Fiddle Reef |
December 2, 1898 |
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September 1959 |
near Oak Bay; Victoria, BC |
| Fisgard Island |
November 16, 1860 |
August 15, 1928 |
December 15, 1928 |
at the entrance to Esquimalt harbour |
| Fossy Island* |
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location of this light is unknown |
| Gallows Point |
1900; 1905; 1906; 1918; 1936 |
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December 1983 |
one mile by water to Nanaimo |
| Garry Point* |
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west of Garry Point, near Steveston, Fraser River |
| Green Island |
April 1, 1906 |
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N end of Chatham Sound; 34 kms NW of Prince Rupert |
| Helen Point* |
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on the point, west entrance to Active Pass. Used to have a fog bell under contract |
| Holland Rock |
January 25, 1913 |
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1941 |
marking entrance to Prince Rupert harbour; destroyed by fire 1946 |
| Ivory Island |
October 1, 1898; steel tower 1957; refurbished 1983 |
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SE corner of Milbanke Sound; 32 kms NW of Bella Bella |
| Kains Island |
November 1, 1909 |
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see Quatsino Lightstation |
| Kaslo Spit* |
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on Kootenay Lake, BC |
| Kootenay Landing* |
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on Kootenay Lake, BC |
| Kyuquot* |
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exact position unknown |
| Langara Point |
October 1, 1913: 1949; 1959 |
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NW tip of Langara Island; northern Queen Charlotte Islands |
| Lardo/Lardeau Spit* |
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Kootenay Lake |
| Lawyer Island |
November 28, 1901 |
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July 20, 1988 |
Chatham Sound; near Prince Rupert, BC |
| Lennard Island |
November 1, 1904 |
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entrance to Clayoquot Sound; 4 kms by water from Tofino |
| Lucy Island |
January 1, 1907 |
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July 20, 1988 |
Chatham Sound; off Prince Rupert, BC |
| MacLaughlin Point* |
November 1959 |
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private light at first2 NM from Fisgard Light and is right below Work Point Barracks |
| McInnes Island |
1921 |
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64 kms W of Bella Bella; 290 kms S of Prince Rupert; N side of Milbanke Sound |
| Meares Spit* |
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Meares Spit lightbuoy, LL126, West end of Hyphen Channel, near Tofino |
| Merry Island |
November 6, 1903; radio station established 1924; refurbished 1966 |
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on Merry Island; 4-1/2 miles to Sechelt by water |
| Nootka |
March 15, 1911; 1915 |
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on San Raphael Island, entrance to Nootka Sound; aka Yuquot Lighthouse |
| North Arm Light* |
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November 01, 1919 |
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on Fraser River, but which one? |
| North Sand Heads Lighthouse |
May 1884 |
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discontinued 1905; replaced by Sand Heads Lightship 1; demolished 1913 |
South arm of the Fraser River |
| Pachena Point |
February 1908 radio station; July 1, 1908; |
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6 miles from Bamfield by trail |
| Patey Rock* |
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possibly on rock at entrance to Saanich Inlet |
| Pilot Bay* |
1905 |
c. 1934 |
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Kootenay Lake, BC |
| Pine Island |
April 1, 1907; refurbished 1967 |
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N entrance of Queen Charlotte Strait; 22 miles N of Port Hardy, BC; damaged by severe storm in 1967 |
| Point Atkinson |
March 17, 1875; refurbished 1912 |
June 1996 |
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South tip of Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver, BC |
| Pointer Island |
November 5, 1899; 1949 |
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April 3, 1989 |
NE corner of Hunter passage; 12 miles SE of Bella Bella |
| Polly Point* |
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on Polly Point, Alberni Harbour; could also be Potty Point, but where is that? Or Pelly Point |
| Porlier Pass |
November 15, 1902 |
April 1996 |
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one light on Virago Point, one light on Race Point; N end of Galiano Island; 18 miles to Vancouver |
| Portlock Point |
November 1, 1895; refurbished 1910, 1912 |
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1964 |
eastern tip of Prevost Island; Inside Passage |
| Proctor* |
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on Kootenay Lake |
| Prospect Point |
October 1, 1888 |
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1926 |
entrance to Vancouver harbour |
| Pulteney Point |
September 15, 1905; 1931; refurbished 1968 |
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on north tip of Malcom Island, across from Port McNeil, BC |
| Quatsino (aka Kains Island) |
temporary light 1906; October 1, 1909; refurbished 1923, 1986 |
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6 kms by boat from Winter Harbour, BC |
| Race Rocks Light |
December 26, 1860 |
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March 1997 - taken over by The Lester Pearson College |
3 miles by water from pedder Bay Marina & then 16 miles by road to Victoria, BC |
| Sand Heads Lightship 1 |
October 18, 1905 |
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discontinued 1913; replaced by Sand Heads 16 Lightship |
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| Sand Heads Lightship 16 |
April 15, 1913 |
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discontinued Nov. 1957; replaced by Sand Heads Lightstation 2 |
Fraser River, near Vancouver |
| Sands Heads Lightstation 2 |
1957; 1960; refurbished 2002 |
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Fraser River delta (rotational) |
| Saturna Island (aka East Point) |
January 1, 1888; refurbished 1970's |
June 1996 |
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East end of Saturna Island |
| Scarlett Point |
April 12, 1905 |
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Balaklava Island; N end of Christie Passage; 12 miles NE of Port Hardy |
| Sechart Light* |
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in Alberni Inlet; no longer listed as such in current "List of Lights" |
| Shark Spit* |
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unknown |
| Sheringham Point |
September 30, 1912 |
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August 1989 |
on Vancouver Island north of Victoria, BC |
| Sisters Island |
December 1898; refurbished 1967 |
June 1996 |
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3-1/2 miles off False Bay; across from Qualicum beach; Lasqueti Island (rotational) |
| Somass Light* |
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Somass River? |
| Sooke Light* |
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January 31, 1938 |
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end of Whiffin Spit, Sooke, Vancouver Island |
| South Sand Heads Lightship |
January 4, 1866 |
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replaced 1879 with North Sand Heads Ligthhouse |
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| Swaile Rock* |
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unknown |
| Trial Island |
October 1906; 1970 |
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1/2 mile from Oak Bay Marina, Victoria, BC |
| Triangle Island |
November 1, 1910 |
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1918/1920 |
42 miles NW of Cape Scott |
| Triple Island |
January 1, 1921 |
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30 kms SW of Prince Rupert marking Brown passage; became a rotational station in 1960; aka "the Rock" or "Little Alcatraz" |
| Walker Rock* |
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Trincomali Channel near Saltspring Island |