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Humour – Government Policy

January 6, 2012dead horse, government, humour, policyBoats, Communication, Government, Information, Medical Emergency, Operators, Radio, Search & Rescue, Ships, Ships & Shipping, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I received the following in an email today. Based on yesterdays’s MCTS announcement, I think this applies. Government thinking sometimes is so adverse to public wishes that I think government ministers must live in another universe. ***************************** The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that; “When you discover […]

MCTS To Lose Staff To Save Money

January 4, 2012BC, British Columbia, Canada, CG, Coast Guard, lighthouse, litehouse, marine, marine traffic, MCTS, MCTSO, reduction, ships, staff, staff reduction, stations, traffic, vesselsAnti-Automation, Boats, British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, Communication, Cruise Ship, Government, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, On The Job, Radio, Search & Rescue, Ships, Ships & Shipping, Transportation, UnionretlkprLeave a Comment

For those of you that do not know, MCTS (Marine Communications and Traffic Services) is “the Branch of the Canadian Coast Guard that provides communications and vessel traffic services to the sea-going public”. “MCTS monitors for distress radio signals; provides the communications link between vessels in distress and the JRCC/MRSC; sends safety information; handles public […]

Howard Frazer Chamberlin Family Adventures c.1930s

January 1, 2012| Chamberlin, attack, Estevan, Japanese, letter, lighthouse, litehouse, military, navy, Nootka, submarine, WW2, WWIIAdult Memories, Childhood Memories, Children, Communication, Equipment, First Nations, Foreign, Government, History, Incidents, Information, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Military, News, Old Website, On The Job, Operators, Pensions, Radio, Stories, Submarines, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– Narrated by Sharlene Macintosh with help from her cousin Zellie Chamberlin Sale (granddaughters of Howard Frazer Chamberlin, lighthouse keeper c. 1930 – 1941) My grandfather was Howard Frazer Chamberlin who was lightkeeper at a few lighthouses around Vancouver Island – Nootka , Pine Island , Quatsino , Trial Island come to mind – my Mom knows them all. His brother, Charles Benjamin […]

Travel – Australian Lighthouses

December 27, 2011Australia, automated, iconic, lighthouse, litehouse, remote, requirements, storiesAdult Memories, Advertisement, Audio, Australia, Automation, Beachcombing, Bed & Breakfast, Boats, Childhood Memories, Coast Guard, Communication, Construction, Foghorns, Foreign, Government, Groceries & Mail, Helicopters, History, Information, Lighthouses, Maps, Medical Emergency, On The Job, Radio, Ships, Travel, Videos, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I came across this article that shows the life on an Australian lighthouse starting in 1971. A wee bit different than Canada I must say. What got my attention were the requirements for a lighthouse keeper: The job requirements of a lighthouse keeper were a car licence, an ability to climb to […]

A Posting to Isolation – Pachena Pt. 1949 – 1955

December 23, 2011Healy, isolation, lighthouse, litehouse, Pachena, radioAdult Memories, Children, Communication, Equipment, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Old Website, On The Job, Operators, Radio, Recreation, School, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

– Betty Healey (Wife of Arthur Healey – Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Pachena Point Radio station (VAD) 1949 – 1955)– forward by editor Tom Racine (from his website History of Spectrum Management in Canada) D.O.T.’er Arthur Healey was officer-in-charge at Pachena Point Marine Radio Station from 1949 to 1955. With his wife Betty and three children, Ann, John and Michael […]

Porlier Pass Lighthouse 1949 – 1965

November 27, 2011lighthouse, litehouse, Porlier Pass, storiesAdult Memories, Automation, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Communication, Construction, Equipment, Government, History, Incidents, Keepers, Lighthouses, Medical, Medical Emergency, Old Website, Pensions, Radio, Recreation, School, Stories, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– Denice Goudie (grandaughter of Henry Edward Brown, Senior Keeper on Porlier Pass 1949 – 1965) Please go to the Porlier Pass lighthouse website, a project of Dennice Goudie, and read the rest of her account and recollections of life at Porlier Pass and a history of her grandfather. Grandfather of this researcher Denice Goudie, Henry Edward […]

Don’t You Get Bored?

November 11, 2011bored, lighthouse, litehouse, play, workAdult Memories, Boats, Children, Fishing, Lighthouses, Medical, Medical Emergency, On The Job, RecreationretlkprLeave a Comment

You know those email jokes that go around saying things like: “How Old is Grandpa?“ And Grandpa replies, “I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots,frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees, and the pill. There were no credit cards, laser beams, or ball-point pens. Man had not invented pantyhose, air conditioners, dishwashers, or clothes dryers, and man hadn’t yet walked on the moon, etc. . . .” ********************************* Now let’s switch to an isolated lighthouse in […]

Search and Rescue (SAR), Canada

October 25, 2011BC, Canada, CASARA, lighthouse, litehouse, rescue, SARBritish Columbia, Canada, Government, Information, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Search & RescueretlkprLeave a Comment

One of the responsibilities of Canadian lighthouse keepers is to assist and help in Search and Rescue (SAR). They are part of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and can be called upon to assist in a search at any time, be it for missing people in boats, aircraft, or other forms of transportation. In fact […]

Chrome Island c. 1930s

October 10, 20111925, BC, British Columbia, Chrome, Hornby Island Lodge, Jean | Hunt, lighthouse, litehouseAdult Memories, British Columbia, Children, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, History, Keepers, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, On The Job, Womenretlkpr2 Comments

I received the email below from a Ms. C. Burke in October 2010, and she passed on the information to me that her mother had related about the early days at Chrome Island lighthouse. I am sorry I did not get it published earlier, but I was working on getting this site in operation before […]

Life on a Lighthouse by Grandma Stannard c. 1927

September 19, 2011Ballenas, emergency, Equipment, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, medical, recreationAdult Memories, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Equipment, Fishing, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Lighthouses, Medical, Medical Emergency, Old Website, On The Job, Recreation, Ships, Stories, Travel, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) Ballenas and Sisters Islands I thought you might be interested to hear about “Life On a Lighthouse”. We lived on them for about 5 ½ to 6 years and I guess we would have stayed and made a […]

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