Radio – Page 5 – Lighthouse Memories

Cape Scott Before the Lighthouse 1942 – 1943

November 28, 20111942, Cape Scott, LAC, lighthouse, litehouse, military, N. 10 Radio Detachment, RADAR, RDFAdult Memories, Construction, Equipment, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, Military, Old Website, Radioretlkpr1 Comment

In July 1942, seventeen (17) years before the present lighthouse at Cape Scott was lit, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) established a radio detection finding (RDF) transmitter and receiver at the point. Work was started in July 1942 and the station was online in December 1942. It continued in operation until September 1945. (please see reference […]

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 […]

British Columbia Lighthouse Keeper Database – a work in progress!

October 27, 2011database, dates, DB, keepers, lighthouse, lighthouse keepers, litehouse, service, stationsAdult Memories, British Columbia, Coast Guard, Database, Genealogy, History, In Memorium, Information, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, Operators, RadioretlkprLeave a Comment

This is the information that started the whole Lighthouse Memories website. In 2005 I started to collect the names of lighthouse keepers, and the stations they had manned. Because of this list people sent me stories, documents and photos and the website was born. Click on the photo below to see the database pages […]

Website – Rough Radio – Wireless on the BC Coast

October 22, 2011Frank | Statham, genealogy, lighthouse, litehouse, radio, websiteAdult Memories, Advertisement, British Columbia, Construction, Equipment, Genealogy, History, Information, Lighthouses, On The Job, Operators, Photos, RadioretlkprLeave a Comment

This is a promotion for my friend Frank Statham’s website Rough Radio – Wireless on the British Columbia Coast. As I started off collecting lighthouse keeper names for genealogy records, Frank started with a collection of photographs, and with his past work as a radio operator, his interest was sparked into creating a website to […]

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