Race Rocks – Lighthouse Memories

Lighthouse History – 56 (1931-05-09 – 1931-05-31)

January 28, 20131931, Lennard Island, lighthouse, litehouse, Race RocksAdult Memories, Coast Guard, History, In Memorium, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Newspapersretlkpr

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. Please Note: December 20, 2012 – I am continuing this series with Lighthouse History #51 because the newspapers have now been indexed up to […]

Lighthouse History – 52 (1927-12-13 – 1929-05-19)

December 30, 20121927, deaths, East Point, Entrance, Lennard, lighthouse, litehouse, Race Rocks, Rocky Point, Saturna, SistersAdult Memories, Coast Guard, History, In Memorium, Incidents, Information, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Newspapers, Rowboatretlkpr

Reprint – The Lighthouses of British Columbia

October 27, 2012Amphitrite, differences, lighthouse, litehouse, method, Race Rocks, salinity, water samplesAnti-Automation, Environment, Equipment, History, Information, Lighthouses, On The Job, Reprint, Water SamplesretlkprLeave a Comment

In February 2012 I wrote an article on the seawater sample collecting from the BC lighthouses here My story discussed the duties and .trials a lightkeeper had while obtaining the samples. This story details the use of the information collected from a scientist’s point of view. ******************************** The Lighthouses of British Columbia Posted on October 15, 2012 by amandakahn by […]

Book – Lighthouse Chronicles by Flo Anderson

October 8, 2011Barrett, BC, Flo | Anderson, Green, Lennard, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, Race RocksAdult Memories, Advertisement, British Columbia, Children, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Stories, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

Lighthouse Chronicles – Twenty Years on the B.C. Lights These are the first-hand stories of Flo Anderson and her husband Trevor and their four children as left left the city life in 1961 for a life on the British Columbia lighthouses. They worked as lighthouse keepers for the next twenty years at Lennard Island, Barrett […]

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