Sisters Island – Lighthouse Memories

Illness at Sisters Island c. 1929

June 6, 2012death, illness, lighthouse, litehouse, Sisters, Sisters Island, Smithman, women, workingAdult Memories, Childhood Memories, Coast Guard, Equipment, History, In Memorium, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Old Website, On The Job, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

As told to me by – Allen Herbert Smithman (Grandson of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) Henry Herbert Smithman was a keeper of the lighthouse at Sisters Island (November 30, 1927 – February 27, 1929) until he became sick and was moved to a hospital in Victoria, B.C. […]

Schooling on the Sisters Lighthouse c. 1927

May 29, 2012life, lighthouse, litehouse, living, schooling, Sisters, Sisters Island, StannardAdult Memories, British Columbia, Children, Equipment, Foghorns, History, Information, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

This story is not only about schooling! This is the whole family helping out to run the lighthouse while tending to daily living. Life on the lighthouse in the early days was anything but fun! – retlkpr ************************* – Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island […]

Sisters Island Lighthouse c. 1927-1928 – Short Stories

February 24, 2012adventures, BC, groceries, Henry H. | Smithman, lighthouse, litehouse, mail, Sisters IslandAdult Memories, Childhood Memories, Equipment, Foghorns, Government, Groceries & Mail, Incidents, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Stories, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

Groceries at Sisters Island c. 1927 – Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) Light keepers have to take a four-month supply of food when they go on as there’s no way of getting anything otherwise. No stores to run to and no neighbours […]

Sister’s Island c. early 1950s

February 10, 2012Art | Swanson, exploration, Fiddle reef, life, lightouse, litehouse, promotion, Sisters IslandBeachcombing, Books, Childhood Memories, Children, Foghorns, Incidents, Lighthouses, On The Job, Recreation, School, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

Here is a continuance of the tales of Juanita (Swanson) DuLong. Somewhere around the early 1950s, probably after a year at Fiddle Reef lighthouse the family was moved to Sisters Island. Juanita says: Fiddle Reef’s plumbing was a cistern and hand pump. Cold water only. Sisters was a little tamer and had a bathroom. When we arrived […]

Kids and Boats on Sisters Island c. 1928

August 24, 2011boats, children, lighthouse, litehouse, Sisters IslandBritish Columbia, Canada, Childhood Memories, Children, Equipment, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, Recreation, TransportationretlkprLeave a Comment

– Ted Smithman (Son of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) I was allowed a lot of freedom there [Sisters Island ]. I would find a broad flat chunk of log and sit on it and explore the coast of the whole island. Mum worried but Dad seemed to […]

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