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This page currently shows the
Lighthouses of British Columbia. As with many other pages, I
am in debt to Russ Rowlett for his Lighthouse
Directory. I
have just renumbered [almost] all the lights to put them in a more logical
travel order. (The old numbers are included in orange.) This
numbering goes North to South down the inside channel, then loops back north
again on the western edge of the islands.
Each lighthouse is linked to (in our editorial
opinion) the best reference site for that light.
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| BC 1 |
Green Island
Located on a small island off the northeastern tip of Dundas Island,
about 40 km northwest of Prince Rupert and about 5 km south of the
Alaskan border. Accessible only by boat.
Photo courtesy filo1000 [Flickr] |
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| BC 2 |
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Lucy Island
Located at the northeastern tip of the islands, about 15 km west of
Prince Rupert, marking the start of the Metlaketla Channel leading to
Prince Rupert Harbour. Accessible only by boat.
Photo courtesy smell & quiet [Flickr] |
| BC 3 |
Triple Islands
Located on the northwestern most of three rocky islets in the Brown
Passage about 40 km west of Prince Rupert. Accessible only by boat in
dangerous seas or by helicopter.
Photo courtesy smell & quiet [Flickr] |
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BC 4
5 |
Barrett Rock |
Barrett Rock Light is near Kaien Island a few miles south of Prince
Rupert. The lightkeeper's house was about 100 yards away, beside
the railroad tracks. |
BC 5
6 |
Holland Rock
latitude 54° 10' 20.2" N
longitude 130° 21' 39.4" W
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The original lighthouse was destroyed by fire in 1946. Located on an
isolated rock in Chatham Sound about 15 km south of Prince Rupert. |
BC 6
7 |
Lawyer Island |
The historic lighthouse at this site is gone, the skeletal tower remains
a landmark for travelers on the Inside Passage. Located on an island
about 25 km south of Prince Rupert. |
BC 7
9 |
Boat
Bluff
Located directly on the Inside Passage on the west side of Sarah Island,
marking the northbound entrance to the narrow Sarah Passage, about 5 km
north of the village of Klemtu. Accessible only by boat, but easily seen from
passing ships
Photo courtesy McCaw Family
[Webshots]
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BC 8
10 |
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Ivory Island
latitude 52° 16' 10.3" N
longitude 128° 24' 25.7" W
Located on the south side of the island in the entrance to the Seaforth
Channel from Milbanke Sound, about 15 miles northwest of Bella Bella.
Photo courtesy Larry Myhre [Flickr]
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BC 9
11 |
McInnes Island |
Located on the south side of a small island off the southern tip of
Price Island, marking the northern entrance to Milbanke Sound about 50
km west of Bella Bella (this is about 13 km southeast of the Inside
Passage route). |
BC 10
12 |
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Dryad Point
Located on the northeast point of Campbell Island about 3 km north of
Bella Bella.
Photo courtesy natalunia [Webshots]
(including the Queen of the North (ferry) in the background). |
BC 12
15 |
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Addenbroke Island
The original lighthouse was replaced by a steel skeletal tower about
1968. That tower still stands, along with the active light.
Located on an island in Fitzhugh Sound, on the east side of Calvert
Island about 100 km north of Port Hardy and a similar distance southwest
of Bella Coola.
Photo courtesy Larry Myhre [Flickr]
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BC 13
16 |
Egg Island
The
1898 lighthouse was destroyed by a tsunami on November 2, 1948.
The new skeletal tower is located on the island at the top of the hill about 10 km north of Cape Caution on the eastern
shore of Queen Charlotte Sound.
Photo courtesy Larry Myhre [Flickr] |
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BC 14
17 |
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Pine Island
Located on a small island in the middle of the entrance to Queen
Charlotte Strait from Queen Charlotte Sound.
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
BC 15
19 |
Scarlett Point
latitude 50° 51' 37.3" N longitude 127° 36' 45.5" W
Located on the northeastern point of Balaklava Island, an island off the
north coast of Vancouver Island about 15 km northwest of Port Hardy.
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
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BC 16
21 |
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Pulteney Point (Sointula)
latitude 50° 37' 51.1" N longitude 127° 9' 18.2" W
The light is on Malcolm Island (near Alert Bay).
Sointula is a small town near the northern tip of Vancouver Island,
founded during the turn-of-the-century by Finnish Utopian socialists.
Photo courtesy Jeff Werner [Flickr]
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BC 17
23 |
Chatham Point |
This is more a weather station, but there is a light here as well.
Located about 40 km north of Campbell River on the west side of the
Inside Passage, where the route takes a sharp turn from the Discovery
Passage into the Johnstone Strait. Land access from Chatham Point Road
is probably closed to the public, so the light is best seen by boat. |
BC 18
24 |
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Cape Mudge (Quadra Island)
latitude 49° 59' 54.4" N longitude 125° 11' 44.2" W
Quadra Island is reached by a short ferry ride from Campbell River. The
light station is located at the south end of the island. To get there,
leave the Quathiaski Cove ferry terminal on Heriot Bay Road, turn south
on Cape Mudge Road, then follow Lighthouse Road to the lighthouse.
Photo courtesy Cathy Vanderwyst [Webshots]. |
BC 19
28 |
Chrome Island (Yellow Island)
latitude 49° 28' 20.2" N longitude 124° 41' 6.6" W
Located on a small island just off Boyle Point, the southern point of
Denman Island about 1.5 km east of Deep Bay; there is an excellent view
of the light station from
Boyle Point Provincial Park.
Photo courtesy sorenson1 [Webshots]
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BC 20
27 |
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Sisters Island
latitude 49° 29' 11.1" N longitude 124° 26' 6" W
Located on a small island in the middle of the Strait about 15 km north
of Qualicum Beach. Accessible only by boat.
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
BC 21
29 |
Merry Island
latitude 49° 28' 3.1" N longitude 123° 54'
43.6" W
Except for the light station, the island is privately owned. Located on
the southern end of the island about 5 km south of the town of Halfmoon
Bay on the mainland side of the Strait.
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
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BC 22
32 |
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Point Atkinson
latitude 49° 19' 48.7" N longitude 123° 15' 51.9" W
To get to the Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver, drive along Marine
Drive to the west end of the 4900 block and turn south on Beach Lane.
To reach the lighthouse, walk down the main trail about 800 metres.
Photo courtesy tdwittert [Webshots] |
BC 23
34 |
Prospect Point
latitude 49° 18' 50.1" N longitude 123° 8' 29" W
The Prospect Lighthouse located in Vancouver's Stanley Park, just a
short distance west of the Lion's Gate Bridge.
Photo courtesy Imran [Flickr] |
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BC 24
33 |
Capilano
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This light is on the north side of the entrance to Vancouver Harbour.
This lighthouse was replaced by a light on a concrete structure in 1969.
The 1915 lighthouse was burned down in February 1969. |
BC 25
35 |
Brockton Point
latitude 49° 18' 2.6" N longitude 123° 7'
1.2"W
The Brockton Point Lighthouse is located in Stanley Park at Brockton
Point. It can be reached by car along the park drive, about two
kilometers from the Park entrance.
Photo courtesy jokipeti [Webshots] |
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BC 26
39 |
Sand Heads
latitude 49° 6' 21.2" N
longitude 123° 18' 12.1" W
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Located on an island at the entrance to Clayoquot Sound. Accessible only
by boat; visible distantly from Tofino at the end of BC 4. |
BC 27
31 |
Ballenas Island
Except for the light station, the island is privately owned. Located on
the north point of North Ballenas Island in the Strait about 8 km east
of Parksville. Accessible only by boat.
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
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BC 28
36 |
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Entrance Island
latitude 49° 12' 32.9" N
longitude 123° 48' 30.8" W
Located on a small island off the mouth of Nanaimo Harbour, about 13 km
east of the city.
Photo courtesy John Alexander [Flickr] |
BC 29
37 |
Gallows Point
latitude 49° 10' 12.3" N
longitude 123° 55' 4.5" W
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Located at the south end of Protection Island (in Nanaimo Harbour).
This is a small white [offshore] beacon. |
BC 30
40 |
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Porlier Pass (Virago Point)
latitude 49° 0' 33" N longitude 123° 35'
14.6" W
Located at the northwest end of Galiano Island, which is accessible by
ferry from several locations.
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
BC 32
43 |
Active Pass
(Georgina Point, Mayne Island)
latitude 48° 52' 24.5" N longitude 123° 17' 29.5" W
Viewed by hundreds of people every day from the ferries that run between Tsawwassen on the BC mainland to Swartz Bay (Victoria) on Vancouver
Island.
Photo courtesy Nautical9 [Flickr]
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BC 33
44 |
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Portlock Point
A beautiful lighthouse which can be seen on the Tswaassen(Vancouver)/Swartz
Bay(Victoria) Ferry route. For more information follow this
link.
Photo courtesy Rick
Leche [Flickr] |
BC 34
46 |
Saturna Island
(East Point) |
Located, as its name implies, at the eastern end of Saturna Island, the
junction of the Haro Strait and the Strait of Georgia. Recent reports
imply that the tower has been demolished leaving only the fog signal
building. |
BC 35
51 |
Discovery Island
latitude 48° 25' 28" N longitude 123° 13' 32.4" W
Access is mostly by sea kayak, as there is no protected landing for
boats. Located at Sea Bird Point on the eastern end of the island about
5 km east of Victoria, marking the junction of the Haro Strait and the
Straight of Juan de Fuca.
Photo courtesy Ron Mielke
[Webshots]
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BC 36
50 |
Fiddle Reef |
Located at the Southeastern tip of Vancouver Island in Oak Bay. |
BC 37
53 |
Trial Island
latitude 48° 23' 45.6" N longitude 123° 18'
17" W
Located at the south end of Trial Island marking the western entrance
to Victoria Harbour. Accessible only by boat; visible distantly from
Beach Drive near Anderson Hill Park in the southern part of Victoria.
Photo courtesy Ron Mielke
[Webshots]
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BC 38
52 |
Berens Island |
Located at the Entrance of Victoria Harbour. The light is now
operating only as an aeronautical beacon. |
| BC 38P |
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Ogden Point Breakwater The Ogden Point Breakwater protects the
outer harbor where the cruise ships dock. It's about a 15 minute
walk from the legislature downtown (Belleville Street to Oswego, left to
the water, then right.) It's about another kilometer out to the
light.
Photo courtesy Larry Myhre [Flickr]
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BC 39
49 |
Fisgard
latitude 48° 25' 49.3" N longitude 123° 26'
50" W
Located on a small island, connected to the mainland by a causeway,
at the western entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, off Ocean Boulevard in
Belmont Park west of Victoria.
Photo courtesy emiline [Webshots] |
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BC 41
56 |
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Race Rock
latitude 48° 17' 54.1" N longitude 123° 31'
54.2" W
Located on Great Race Rock, a small island in the Strait of Juan de
Fuca about 15 km southwest of Victoria. Special permission is
required to land on the island.
Photo courtesy CW Hendricks [Webshots] |
BC 42
55 |
Sheringham Point
latitude 48° 22' 36.3" N longitude 123° 55'
15.7" W
Located on a rocky promontory at the end of Sheringham Point Road off
BC 14 in Shirley, about 16 km west of Sooke.
Photo courtesy Sooke Photos [Webshots] |
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| BC 45 |
Cape Beale
latitude 48° 47' 11.3" N longitude 125° 12'
59" W
Accessible via hiking trails leading from the area of
Bamfield. Keepers sometimes
will accompany visitors in climbing the tower.
Photo courtesy Clay Dean [Flickr]
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BC 46
31P |
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Port Alberni
(Maritime Discovery Centre)
latitude 49° 13' 52.6" N longitude 124° 48' 50.1" W
This lighthouse was relocated here from a coastal location. Located on an
elbow of the quay of the small boat harbor in Port Alberni, at the head of
the Alberni Inlet (fjord).
You can buy this photo from
marinas.com |
BC 49
38 |
Lennard Island
Located on an island at the entrance to Clayoquot Sound. Accessible
only by boat; visible distantly from Tofino at the end of BC 4.
Photo courtesy Phototrain
[Flickr] |
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BC 50
30 |
Estevan Point |
Estevan Point is an active Coast Guard station with half a dozen
red-roofed buildings and several communication towers. The lighthouse
marks a prominent headland about 30 km south of Nootka Light. Accessible
only by boat. |
BC 51
26 |
Nootka
Located at the southeastern tip of Nootka Island marking the northern
entrance to Nootka Sound. The station is adjacent to the Native American
settlement of Yuquot, which is
accessible in the summer by tour boat
or by water taxi
from Gold River at the end of BC 28.
Photo courtesy brown [Webshots] |
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BC 52
22 |
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Quatsino (Kains Island)
Located on Kains Island at the entrance to Quatsino Sound about 55 km
southeast of Cape Scott. Accessible only by boat.
You can buy this photo from
Marinas.com |
BC 53
20 |
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Cape Scott
The last leg of the hike to reach Cape Scott Lighthouse starts at the
west end of Nels Bight and is a 16 km return hike. This
trail that leads to Experiment Bight, Guise Bay and the cape, follows an
old jeep road that dates back to World War Two, when a radar station
operated in this area. Here the Sand Neck is so narrow that from a
height of land you can see both the east side and the west side of
Vancouver Island. From Guise Bay, there’s a plank road that leads up to
Cape Scott Lighthouse. |
BC 54
18 |
Triangle Island |
The island has large seabird populations and is now the Anne Vallee
Provincial Ecological Reserve. Located atop an island about 50 km
northwest of Cape Scott, Vancouver Island. Accessible only by boat in
dangerous seas. |
BC 55
14 |
Cape St. James |
On St. James island which is at the extreme southern end of the Queen
Charlotte Islands. The
lantern was removed in 1958 and all that exists now is a skeletal
tower. |
BC 56
8 |
Bonilla Island |
This is British Columbia's newest light station. Located on an island
off the northwestern tip of Banks Island, marking the southern entrance
to Hecate Strait and the Prince Rupert area. |
BC 57
4 |
Langara Point
latitude 54° 15' 19.6" N
longitude 133° 3' 34" W
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Langara Fishing Adventures offers
tours to the island, including visits to the light station. Located at
the northern tip of Langara Island at the extreme northern end of the
Queen Charlotte Islands, marking the south side of the Dixon Entrance. |
BC 58
25 |
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Pilot Bay (relocated)
latitude 49° 38' 19.8" N
longitude 116° 53' 4.4" W
The park is off Highway 3A south of Crawford Bay, BC. At the Kootenay
Bay ferry terminal, drive south on Pilot Bay Road for 5 km to the road's
end and trailhead. It is an easy walk of about 10 minutes to the Pilot
Bay Lighthouse.
Photo courtesy Allyson Kenning
[Flickr] |
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If you've read this far, you've probably figured out that I personally have
not visited any of the lights on this page. If you have done so, and have
updates to this page, please contact me
so we can fix things.
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