- bringing a little life into your lights
As a lighthouse keeper I was interested in fishing, and sometimes paused to watch the seine fishermen catch fish. I retired twelve (12) years ago, and even at that time the practices in the following video were allowed by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). Well, maybe not allowed, but never monitored. I […]
Please take a look at this short video called Ocean Requiem Amazing short film shows why we must protect our oceans It is hosted on the TreeHugger website and is well worth watching, especially in full screen mode. A quote from the website: Ocean Requiem is a short film by Howard Hall, with original music by Alan Williams. […]
As most of you know I am living in the Philippines now. There are lighthouses in the Philippines, and some of the ancient structures are being rebuilt as historical monuments by the Coast Guard. As far as I know there are no manned lighthouses here. Most of the lighthouses are automated beacons of low […]
This is a past and very notable lifesaving rescue by two BC lightkeepers, Lynn Hauer and assistant lightkeeper Wolfgang Luebke who were at Chatham Point lighthouse at the time. ****************************** We sleep with the radios always on, and ‘with one ear open’. At 3 AM on April 30, 2012 I was awakened by the […]
An island dispute of our own Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, November 28, 2012 – 11:36 AM It’s not quite the Senkakus, but Stephen Kelly highlights a long-festering territorial dispute between the United States and Canada: Machias Seal Island is a 20-acre, treeless lump that sits nearly equidistant from Maine and New Brunswick. It, and the even smaller North […]
Restoring Canaveral Light – Brick by Brick! The mission statement of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation is “To Assist the 45th Space Wing in preserving, protecting, and interpreting the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse and its historical significance to the Florida Space Coast, State of Florida, and our Nation.” The US Air Force owns and maintains […]
The following story is the first of two parts on the Cape Canaveral lighthouse by Judy Lovell, a photographer extraordinaire, who runs a WordPress blog called Janthina Images. Besides this article, and the one following, please view her image gallery on her website as well. In the gallery she has some lovely photos of Florida […]
For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Some of these stories and articles are a bit late for Halloween, but better late than never, especially when lighthouses are a year-round topic! The Fog – Best Scary Movie Starring Point Reyes Lighthouse You may have heard of this John Carpenter […]
UN-CRUISE Blog Five Finger Lighthouse October 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM by Alyson By Alison, Expedition Guide, Wilderness Discoverer Throughout the season, our boat passed the Five Finger Lighthouse in Frederick Sound. The story about the great fire of 1933 and the lighthouse refit was shared by guides, but upon reflection, we never covered what this lighthouse symbolized for […]
In February 2012 I wrote an article on the seawater sample collecting from the BC lighthouses here My story discussed the duties and .trials a lightkeeper had while obtaining the samples. This story details the use of the information collected from a scientist’s point of view. ******************************** The Lighthouses of British Columbia Posted on October 15, 2012 by amandakahn by […]