Amphitrite – Lighthouse Memories

Amphitrite Lighthouse

October 26, 2014Amphitrite, BC, Canada, Ghislain | Bonneau, lighthouse, litehouse, photosArt, Automation, British Columbia, Canada, Lighthouses, North America, Paintings, Photos, Photos, Tourism, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

Amphitrite Lighthouse is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is automated and closed to the public, but one can get close enough for photos. The photos above (all 80 of them) were taken by my friend Ghislain Bonneau, a west coast painter and photographer.

Lighthouse History – 51 (1927-02-04 – 1927-06-29)

December 22, 20121927, Active Pass, Amphitrite, BC, British Columbia, Canada, fire, history, Lennard, lighthouse, litehouseAdult Memories, Coast Guard, Construction, Foghorns, History, Information, Keepers, Lifeboats, Lifeboats, Lighthouses, Newspapers, Search & Rescueretlkpr

The following extracts taken from early Victoria, British Columbia (BC) newspapers are credited to Leona Taylor for her excellent work in indexing the papers. Full information can be found here: ”Index of Historical Victoria Newspapers“, 2007-09. Please Note: December 20, 2012 – I am continuing the series with this Lighthouse History #51 because the newspapers have now been indexed up […]

Reprint – The Lighthouses of British Columbia

October 27, 2012Amphitrite, differences, lighthouse, litehouse, method, Race Rocks, salinity, water samplesAnti-Automation, Environment, Equipment, History, Information, Lighthouses, On The Job, Reprint, Water SamplesretlkprLeave a Comment

In February 2012 I wrote an article on the seawater sample collecting from the BC lighthouses here My story discussed the duties and .trials a lightkeeper had while obtaining the samples. This story details the use of the information collected from a scientist’s point of view. ******************************** The Lighthouses of British Columbia Posted on October 15, 2012 by amandakahn by […]

Lighthouse History – 43 – Amphitrite (1914-01-06 to 1915-03-26)

March 8, 20121858, 1926, Amphitrite, BC, British Columbia, Canada, history, lighthouse, litehouseConstruction, History, Information, Keepers, Lighthouses, NewspapersretlkprLeave a Comment

The following extracts taken from early Victoria, British Columbia (BC) newspapers are credited to Leona Taylor for her excellent work in indexing the papers. Full information can be found here: ”Index of Historical Victoria Newspapers“, 2007-09. As I was collecting this information from the newspaper archive website, I noticed that many articles were in consecutive order and applied […]

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