Triple Island – Inside the Lighthouse – 2012
In June 22, 2011 I published an article about the Triple Island 3rd order lens which has now been replaced with a flashlight (see the article).
I have never spent any work time on Triple Island, but I have landed there once or twice with the Coast Guard helicopters as a passenger. I never did have any time to explore.
There are two lighthouse keepers on Triple Island who rotate every twenty-eight (28) days with two other keepers. I always wondered what it would be like to live there in this day and age.
One of the keepers, my friend Glenn Borgens, has sent me some wonderful photos of the inside of the Triple Island lighthouse that I am going to share with you. For twenty-eight days, it looks like a comfortable place to live and work.
The tower is on four levels – lantern room (covered in the article mentioned above), keepers quarters and office, fog alarm room/generator room and laundry, and ground floor.
Keeper’s Quarters and Office (top floor) – below the old Main Light
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Fog Alarm Room/Generator Room and Laundry Room – situated below the Keepers Quarters..
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Ground Floor – Storage, Diesel Oil, Helicopter Pad
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What can you see from Triple Island? It is located quite a distance from the coast – water, water, everywhere . . . well, not quite, at least on a relatively clear day you can see . . .
Triple Island is designated as a Heritage Lighthouse and so is protected from destruction. Some day the keepers may not be there, but hopefully the lighthouse continues. Hopefully!
[private] 00:30 6/2 hiya, the main building is three floors, bottom floor is freezers, a fridge, wood storage, staff lockers, furnace room. 00:32 6/2 second floor is engine room and laundry and workshop. Also on that floor is the old fog air tanks and the compressors. 00:32 6/2 third floor is living quarters. hope this helps/[/private]
Nice to see where my dad gets to spend five months a year 🙂
Hi Mark. You can thank Glenn Borgens for those photos. He is the Senior keeper out there on the other shift from your Dad. And tell your Dad to get busy and send me some photos too. Each photographer has a different perspective.