Sisters – Lighthouse Memories

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

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 […]

Return to Sisters at Christmas c. 1927

June 14, 2012dark, fishboat, lighthouse, litehouse, seas, seasick, Sisters, stormy, visitAdult Memories, Fishboats, Lighthouses, Old Website, Storms, Travel, Visitors, Weather, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– as written by Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) We were there [Nanaimo, BC ] nearly three weeks and it was two days before Christmas then. I wanted to be back on the lighthouse for Christmas as Bert was there with […]

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 […]

Life on the Lighthouses c. 1950s to 1960s

January 21, 2012Cape Mudge, children, Fiddle reef, lighthouse, litehouse, Pine Nootka, SistersChildhood Memories, Children, Christmas, Equipment, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, On The Job, School, Travel, Visitors, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

I receive links to lighthouse stories in the most unbelievable ways. This one arrived in the middle of an email addressed to someone else, which was then passed on to me. After contacting this first writer I was passed on to another. To keep track of all my contacts I think I will soon need […]

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