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Life on Nootka Lighthouse c. 1950s

May 1, 20121950s, Juanita | DuLong, lighthouse, litehouse, Nootka, ships, supplies, tsunamiBritish Columbia, Canada, Childhood Memories, Coast Guard, Communication, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Incidents, Keepers, Lighthouses, Photos, Radio, School, Storms, Tsunami, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

Here is another story from Ms. Juanita (Swanson) DuLong. She was a young girl on most of these stations, but living there, and hearing stories from her parents, she has created lighthouse memories from the 1950s time. Her older stories are found here, here and here. One more to come she says. It is said that for […]

Derrick Operation at Boat Bluff c. 2004

April 18, 2012BC, boat, Boat Bluff, British Columbia, derrick, hoisting, lighthouse, litehouse, suppliesBritish Columbia, Coast Guard, Construction, Equipment, Fishing, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Photos, Recreation, Search & Rescue, WorkboatsretlkprLeave a Comment

The derrick is another lifting device used on stations that do not have a rock in the sea for a highline and where seas were also relatively calm. It was used like the highline to lift and lower items to and from the work boats or lower the keeper’s boat or station boat in and […]

Life on Pine Island c. 1950s

April 4, 20121950s, Juanita | DuLong, lighthouse, litehouse, Pine Island, ships, supplies, tsunamiBritish Columbia, Canada, Childhood Memories, Coast Guard, Communication, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Incidents, Keepers, Lighthouses, Photos, Radio, School, Storms, Tsunami, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

Here is another story from Ms. Juanita (Swanson) DuLong. She was a young girl on most of these stations, but living there, and hearing stories from her parents, she has created lighthouse memories from the 1950s time. Her older stories are found here and here. Her husband Roy scanned some nice photos of Pine Island […]

Pregnancy Provides Problems

July 22, 2011BC, British Columbia, groceries, Langara, lighthouse, litehouse, pregnancy, suppliesEquipment, Groceries & Mail, History, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The JobretlkprLeave a Comment

A month or so ago, Richard Crawford wrote me to say that he had been on Langara Point Lighthouse as a radio operator back in the late 1940s. I asked about his duties there and he wrote me back . . . “My Langara story is short as we were not there for long – […]

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