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Refuelling a Lighthouse

September 23, 2014diesel, Facebook, helicopter, hovercraft, Ivory Island, lighthouse, litehouse, refuelling, Scarlett Point, shipAdult Memories, Boats, British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, Environment, Equipment, Helicopters, Hovercraft, Icebreakers, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The Job, WorkboatsretlkprLeave a Comment

British Columbia (BC) lighthouses mostly have diesel generators unless they are close enough to a large town or city to allow a power cable to run to them. So how does one refuel a lighthouse as most of them are sitting fairly high above the water line and very distant from a local gas station? Well, thanks to […]

Because John Coldwell Has An Inquiring Mind . . .

September 15, 2012accident, Brian | Waddington, highline, Ivory Island, lighthouse, litehouseAdult Memories, British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, Equipment, Humour, Incidents, Information, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The Job, Reprint, Storiesretlkpr1 Comment

I just recently married a lovely Filipino lady here in the Philippines. The marriage was held on the beach at the Drill Shack Resort just outside Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines – actually closer to Dauin. While in the Dumaguete area I met a Canadian friend, Brian Waddington, who used to live on a lighthouse near […]

In Memorium – Rene Kitson (1944 – 2011)

August 6, 2011Captain, CCGS, friend, In Memorium, Ivory Island, lighthouse, litehouse, Rene KitsonCoast Guard, In Memorium, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, UnionretlkprLeave a Comment

Rene Kitson (January 22, 1944 – August 06, 2011) was a long time lightkeeper at Bonilla island , McInnes Island as Assistant lightkeeper and he was the Principal lightkeeper at Ivory along with his wife Sherrill, the assistant lightkeeper for 15 years plus, until they retired and moved to Nova Scotia, Canada. He was also […]