Cruise Ship – Lighthouse Memories

Lighthouses Visible in the Costa Concordia Disaster

December 17, 2013Costa Concordia, Italy, lighthouse, litehouse, portAutomation, Cruise Ship, Equipment, Foreign, Incidents, Italy, Lifeboats, Light, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Transportation, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

The Costa Concordia rests on its side on the morning of January 14, 2012 (click for larger photo) Yes, it is a photo of the Costa Concordia aground on the rocks but did anyone notice the lighthouse in the photo under which the lifeboats are all clustered? It is one of two lights guarding the […]

Let’s Play Russian Roulette with the Spirit Bear

March 24, 2012BC, British Columbia, disaster, Enbridge, environmental, Kermode bear, oil pipeline, oil spill, pipeline, ships, sinking, spirit bear, white bearBeachcombing, Boats, British Columbia, Cruise Ship, Equipment, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Game, Government, History, Incidents, Kayak, Lighthouses, Oil Spills, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Storms, Travel, Visitors, Weather, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

You all know my feelings about the Enbridge Pipeline project (aka Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines) currently being proposed for British Columbia. I am definitely against it. During my years on the BC lighthouses I saw many examples of poorly managed mines and fisheries. Let us stop this one before it gets started and one oil […]

Lighthouse Photos by Cyril R. Littlebury c. 1922-1932

February 8, 2012B&W, BC, boats, Cyril R. | Littlebury, Dudley | Booth, found, lighthouse, litehouse, negatives, photos, trains, VancouverAdult Memories, Advertisement, Books, Cruise Ship, History, Hobbies, Lighthouses, Old Website, Photos, Photos, Seaplanes, Ships, Ships & Shipping, StoriesretlkprLeave a Comment

Photos of British Columbia lighthouses by Cyril R. Littlebury in the years 1922 to 1932 with thanks to Dudley R. Booth for permission to publish – please visit Dudley’s new website at Historic Photos. There are many more photos there besides lighthouses. When Dudley Booth developed some old negatives his father gave him he found a […]

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 […]

Do You Have a Photo of Me Mid-1978?

November 29, 2011Alaska, BC, Canada, cruise ship, lighthouse, lightkeeper, litehouse, photo, Prince | Rupert, Rand | Grant, TripleAdult Memories, Boats, Cruise Ship, Humour, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, PhotosretlkprLeave a Comment

– Rand Grant (relief keeper on Triple Island June – July 1978) The story is in reference to the photo at right, Rand writes: The large Island is Melville. Prince Rupert lies just beyond this. The tanker is on it’s way into Prince Rupert Port. One of the deepest and busiest on the west coast […]

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