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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 […]

Illness at Boat Bluff – c. 1970s

August 24, 2011BC, Boat Bluff, British Columbia, doctor, Dryad Point, emergency, hospital, lighthouse, litehouse, medicalLighthouses, Medical, Medical Emergency, Old WebsiteretlkprLeave a Comment

The following memory was passed on to me by Margit Losel. It happened during their time at Boat Bluff in the years 1977 – 1980. They were lucky! They were able to get off and on the lighthouse. Some stations were too isolated for this method to work. – JAC ********************************* We were living on […]