Equipment – Lighthouse Memories

Weather Observing – a Large Part of the Job

May 8, 2012AES, CG, EC, Equipment, F&O, lighthouse, litehouse, weather, WXAdult Memories, Anti-Automation, Automation, Coast Guard, Communication, Equipment, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Fog, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Radio, Search & Rescue, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Storms, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

Note:- How to obtain an up-to-date weather report from a BC lighthouse One of the duties on most of the lighthouse stations, and especially on McInnes Island, up to 2003, was the reporting of local weather (weather visible in the immediate area of the station) to Environment Canada (EC) – earlier called the Atmospheric Environment Service […]

‘F’ Type Diaphone Foghorn c. 1969

April 15, 2012BC, Canada, diaphone, Equipment, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, type FAdult Memories, Audio, Automation, British Columbia, Coast Guard, Equipment, Foghorns, History, Information, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The JobretlkprLeave a Comment

– John Coldwell (assistant Keeper to Walt Tansky on Pulteney Point 1969 – 1972) The diaphone is a unique organ pipe. The theory was based on a design for the Wurlitzer pipe organ invented by Robert Hope-Jones dating from 1895. A special tone generator in the organ involved a piston vibrating inside a cylinder, which […]

Sisters Island Fog Horn & Light c. 1927

September 19, 2011emergency, Equipment, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, medical, recreationLight, LighthousesretlkprLeave a Comment

– Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929). Story donated by her grandson Allen Smithman. The fog alarm has to be kept going when it is foggy or snowing a blizzard. This alarm is also used when it is smoky in summer from […]

Life on a Lighthouse by Grandma Stannard c. 1927

September 19, 2011Ballenas, emergency, Equipment, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, medical, recreationAdult Memories, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Equipment, Fishing, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Lighthouses, Medical, Medical Emergency, Old Website, On The Job, Recreation, Ships, Stories, Travel, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) Ballenas and Sisters Islands I thought you might be interested to hear about “Life On a Lighthouse”. We lived on them for about 5 ½ to 6 years and I guess we would have stayed and made a […]

Lighthouse History – 05 (1873-04-29 to 1874-12-29

July 20, 2011births, BMD, deaths, Equipment, history, keepers, lighthouse, Lighthouses, marriages, newspapersLighthousesretlkprLeave 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. ***************************** tender call, Repairs to Tower and Dwelling House at Race Rocks Lighthouse, James Cooper, agent [Colonist, 1873-04-29, p. 2] tender call, for Lighthouse at […]

Lighthouse History 04 – Cape Beale (1872-05-29 to 1909-01-23)

July 17, 2011births, BMD, Cape Beale, deaths, Equipment, history, keepers, lighthouse, Lighthouses, marriages, newspapersConstruction, Equipment, History, Information, Keepers, Lighthouses, Newspapers, On The JobretlkprLeave 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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