Ships – Lighthouse Memories

Light at the End of the World

April 19, 2014lighthouse, litehouseAdult Memories, Automation, Beachcombing, British Columbia, Canada, Communication, Construction, Equipment, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Haida Gwaii, History, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Mysteries, On The Job, Operators, Radio, Recreation, Reprint, Ships, Stories, Storms, Transportation, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

Light at the End of the World Three Months on Cape St. James, 1941 by Hallvard Dahlie (orig from Raincoast 18, 1998) with notes from Jim Derham-Reid (last keeper on Cape St. James before automation) A strange interlude in my brief seafaring life took place in the fall of 1941, when I signed on as […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Seven

March 23, 2014CCGS, CG, lighthouse, litehouse, lyrics, song, USLS, vacation, video, VimeoBed & Breakfast, Boats, British Columbia, Construction, Information, Ships, Tourism, Travel, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. *****************************

Mise Tales Thirty-Six

March 13, 2014book review, CCGS, CG, children, Haida Gwaii, lighthouse, litehouse, night, photos, Snowy, videoAdult Memories, Books, Books, Books, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Construction, Hobbies, Humour, Icebreakers, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Models, Photos, Photos, Ships, Toys, Videos, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. ***************************** [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/b3e7CDg8a3g”] Here is a great video taken on board the Coast Guard ship CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier as it services the mountain-top radio sites using the onboard helicopter. Great shots of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwai) and the old lighthouse […]

LEGO Does It Again!

January 14, 2014LEGO, lighthouse, litehouse, Maersk, model, shipAdvertisement, Construction, Denmark, Equipment, Europe, Hobbies, Lighthouses, Models, Models, Ships, Ships & Shipping, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

As most of you know I love lighthouses and I have a special attraction for LEGO lighthouses (link1) (link2). Well, as you can see by the photo at the left, this is not a lighthouse, but it is a marine vessel which could very well sail past a lighthouse, and it is the largest ship in […]

World’s Ugliest Ship

October 20, 2013lighthouse, litehouse, Norway, research, seismic, ugliest shipConstruction, Environment, Europe, Foreign, Information, Lighthouses, Norway, Reprint, ShipsretlkprLeave a Comment

I know this website is about lighthouses, but I do not plan these things! After posting the story on FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) doing oceanographic research I was alerted to this story on the World’s Ugliest Ship which also does research of sorts. It is too interesting to ignore. Hey, it’s also red and white […]

Of Ice and Men

February 19, 2012CG, Coast Guard, ice, ice breaker, lighthouse, litehouse, northern Canada, Pamela | Coulston, supply, Wilfred | LaurierAdult Memories, Coast Guard, Equipment, Government, Groceries & Mail, Lighthouses, Ships, Storms, Travel, Weather, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

Following along with yesterday’s story about travel on a CCGS ice breaker, and with the permission of the author, Pamela Coulston, I am reprinting her article here about life on Canadian Coast Guard ice breakers servicing the north and the lighthouses. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. **************************** Of Ice and […]

The Vanlene and I

February 18, 2012Camsell, CCGS Camsell, Kains, lighthouse, litehouse, moving, pulteney, Quatsino, ships, sunken ships, Vanlene, wrecksAdult Memories, Coast Guard, History, Incidents, Lighthouses, Maps, News, Ships, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Storms, Videos, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I received the following email the other day promoting an article on a friend’s website: The freighter Vanlene ran up on the rocks on Austin Island in the Broken Group islands on March 14, 1972. She was carrying 300 Dodge Colt automobiles while enroute to Vancouver BC from Japan. The crew was rescued and taken […]

Supplies for Cape Scott Lighthouse 1975

February 15, 20121975, accident, Cape Scott, CCGS Douglas, groceries, lighthouse, litehouse, ship, Sir James | Douglas, workboatAdult Memories, Boats, Coast Guard, Construction, Equipment, Groceries & Mail, Incidents, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Ships, Workboatsretlkpr2 Comments

In 1975 we (myself, my wife Karen and our two young children, our dog, cats, and all our furnishings) were on our way clockwise around Vancouver Island from Quatsino lighthouse to Pachena Point on board the CCGS Sir James Douglas with acting Captain Tom Hull. This was a grocery run so the trip was already pre-planned and we […]

Groceries at Green Island c.1975

February 12, 2012accident, beachcombing, Cloo-Stung, Green Island, groceriies, highline, lighthouse, litehouse, mail, overboard, Prince Rupert. BCAdult Memories, Beachcombing, Coast Guard, Equipment, Groceries & Mail, Incidents, Lighthouses, Old Website, ShipsretlkprLeave a Comment

The Cloo-Stung was a catamaran of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) used for delivery of personnel and supplies to Prince Rupert area lighthouses in protected waters. The groceries were delivered to the Coast Guard base in Prince Rupert from the local stores. These were then packed in slings (large canvas or net circles with ropes attached to […]

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 […]

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