- bringing a little life into your lights
Parks Canada has released a list of 74 lighthouses that have been granted heritage status.Here’s the list of lighthouses:British Columbia (21)Active Pass on Mayne Island.Boat Bluff on Sarah Island in the Kitimat-Stikine area.Cape Beale in the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District.Cape Mudge on Quadra Island.Carmanah Point in the Cowichan Valley Regional District.Dryad Point on B.C.’s Central Coast.East […]
Shine Bright Like A Lighthouse. A Love Affair With Maritime History. John Sylvester, Country Magazine May 15, 2014 Having grown up in Nova Scotia, I have fond memories of scrambling over the curved granite whaleback rocks below my aunt’s cottage near the community of Peggy’s Cove. Even though that’s the home of Nova Scotia’s most famous […]
I have mentioned Machias Seal Island before in my articles here, here, here, and here. Well writer John Farrier published on Neatorama on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 a great article about how MAJOR/insignificant this dispute really is! (Maps: Google Maps) This is Machias Seal Island, a 20-acre island in the Bay of Fundy. You can’t see […]
For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. January 07, 2014 – People watch and photograph enormous waves as they break, on Porthcawl harbour, South Wales, Monday Jan. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) . . . more [private] LONDON — What used to be Winter Storm Hercules has moved […]
Click on the partial map for the website. From the Prince Edward Island Lighthouse Society comes this beautiful descriptive map of ALL the lighthouses (manned and automated) on Prince Edward Island (aka PEI), the smallest of Canada’s provinces. It consists of the main island and 231 minor islands. Altogether the entire province has a land area of […]
For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. August 26, 2013 Vancouver Sun Keeping the light on at Point Atkinson When the Point Atkinson lighthouse was built 130 years ago, it was designed to protect shippers in the Strait of Georgia. Now the lighthouse itself is in need of a […]
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 […]
Canadian Lighthouse Photographs New website is coming.http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ketm/is no longer online. Chris Mills1121 Ketch Harbour Rd.Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia B3V 1K7 British Columbia | Nova Scotia | Prince Edward Island | New Brunswick | Newfoundland Chris Mills served as a lighthouse keeper for the Canadian Coast Guard on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. He is currently co-chair of a committee […]
New status shines light on landmark from UK News Guardian Published on Thursday 10 May 2012 09:29 A coastal landmark on the borough coastline has been declared a listed building to help preserve it for future generations. St Mary’s Lighthouse, a popular destination for sightseers and school trips, has been given grade II-listed status by English […]