Ever since I saw the extract below from the archived BC newspapers I have been reading, I was very curious about the location and/or name of the lighthouse in the present day.

The party who went to Alberni to survey a lighthouse land reserve have returned. They report about 170 Chinese miners at work, only 40 of whom pay the Government tax. [Colonist, 1878-07-19]

 

This could not have been Port Alberni as it was not incorporated as a city until 1912, but there was an Alberni Post Office there which opened May 01, 1885 and closed July 01, 1891. And, GeoBC states in a search of Alberni:

Relative location: In City of Port Alberni, head of Alberni Inlet Barkley Sound, Alberni Land District.

Wikipedia also states:

In 1967, the neighbouring towns of Alberni (on the north) and Port Alberni (on the south) amalgamated to form the city of Port Alberni. Continue reading The Lost Port Alberni Lighthouse →