Cape Mudge – Lighthouse Memories

Book – Lighthouses of North America – Beacons from Coast to Coast

January 12, 2014book, Brockton Point, Canada, Cape Mudge, lighthouse, litehouse, NA, North America, photos, Point Atkinson, Sylke Jackson, USAAdvertisement, Books, Books, Canada, Construction, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Photos, USAretlkprLeave a Comment

Lighthouses of North America – Beacons from Coast to Coast The majority of lighthouses shown in this book are American, but as a friend of mine wrote: I received a lighthouse book for Christmas – from an ex -lighthouse keeper and I groaned when I opened the parcel. “Oh yes, forty photos of Portland bloody Head […]

Life on the Lighthouses c. 1950s to 1960s

January 21, 2012Cape Mudge, children, Fiddle reef, lighthouse, litehouse, Pine Nootka, SistersChildhood Memories, Children, Christmas, Equipment, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, On The Job, School, Travel, Visitors, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

I receive links to lighthouse stories in the most unbelievable ways. This one arrived in the middle of an email addressed to someone else, which was then passed on to me. After contacting this first writer I was passed on to another. To keep track of all my contacts I think I will soon need […]

More Delays for Cape Mudge

August 19, 2011automation, BC, British Columbia, Cape Mudge, Chatham Point, lighthouse, litehouse, Nootka, protectionAutomation, Coast Guard, Government, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, History, Information, Lighthouses, NewspapersretlkprLeave a Comment

– from Campbell River Mirror News by Kristen Douglas, online under BC Local News The chief of the We Wai Kai First Nation is not pleased the Strathcona Regional District may seek heritage protection for the Cape Mudge Lighthouse. Chief Ralph Dick says the land surrounding the Quadra Island lightstation belongs to the We Wai […]

Lighthouse Advocate Frustrated by Delays

August 17, 2011automation, BC, British Columbia, Cape Mudge, Chatham Point, lighthouse, litehouse, Nootka, protectionAutomation, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, History, Information, Lighthouses, NewspapersretlkprLeave a Comment

– from Campbell River Mirror News by Kristen Douglas, online under BC Local News A petition to save four area lighthouses could have been circulating by now if Strathcona Regional District directors had been more informed, says the district’s vice-chair. Jim Abram, the vice-chair and a former lightkeeper who has been fighting to save lightstations […]

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