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Lightkeepers to the Rescue – AGAIN!

January 22, 2013Chatham Point, lighthouse, litehouse, Lynn | Hauer, rescue, SAR, Wolfgang LuebkeAnti-Automation, Automation, Boats, British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, Communication, Equipment, Government, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, Incidents, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The Job, Radio, Search & Rescue, ShipwrecksretlkprLeave a Comment

This is a past and very notable lifesaving rescue by two BC lightkeepers, Lynn Hauer and assistant lightkeeper Wolfgang Luebke who were at Chatham Point lighthouse at the time. ****************************** We sleep with the radios always on, and ‘with one ear open’. At 3 AM on April 30, 2012 I was awakened by the […]

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 […]