- bringing a little life into your lights
Note:- How to obtain an up-to-date weather report from a BC lighthouse One of the duties on most of the lighthouse stations, and especially on McInnes Island, up to 2003, was the reporting of local weather (weather visible in the immediate area of the station) to Environment Canada (EC) – earlier called the Atmospheric Environment Service […]
The derrick is another lifting device used on stations that do not have a rock in the sea for a highline and where seas were also relatively calm. It was used like the highline to lift and lower items to and from the work boats or lower the keeper’s boat or station boat in and […]
With many thanks to the Prince Rupert Northern View website, I have the following article to reprint for your information. More volunteers helping the Coast Guard. Pretty cool rescue boat too! The Canadian Coast Guard Auxilliary is a nonprofit organisation and a registered charity made up of volunteer resources throughout Canada. The CCGA has been in existence since […]
Hi all. Our lovely blog master asked if I would make a guest post now and then, and, since the world as I appreciate it is where everyone listens to me, of course I said “yes!” By way of introduction, I’ll post a letter that I sent to Hon. Mr. Keith Ashfield, Minister of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
The following article appeared in 2010 and I received permission to publish it here to show the work that lighthouse keepers do, but is not part of their job description. This is why we need lighthouse keepers! Keep the lights manned! Another Chrome Island rescue appeared here on my website. ************************************* Lighthouse keepers key in […]
The following article appeared in 2010 and I received permission to publish it here to show the work that lighthouse keepers do, but is not part of their job description. This is why we need lighthouse keepers! Keep the lights manned! ********************************* Saving lives part of the job on Chrome Island – with permission from […]
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 […]
One of the arguments for destaffing the lighthouses in British Columbia (BC), Canada is that they are no longer needed because all vessels have the Global Positioning System (GPS). Canadian mariners must move into the 21st Century they say! Have you ever looked at British Columbia? The size of British Columbia? British Columbia is the westernmost province of […]