Discovery Island Lighthouse is an active lighthouse built in 1886 on Pandora Hill which is the highest point on
Discovery Island in the province of
British Columbia
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, Canada.
History
The government appointed Richard Brinn to be the first lighthouse keeper. His daughter Mary Ann Croft assisted him. In 1902 after her father died Mary Ann Croft was officially appointed the lighthouse keeper, when she became the first female lighthouse keeper in Canada. In 1932 Croft retired, and moved to
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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with a pension of $43 a month. She had spent a total of 46 years living on the island. In 1996 the lighthouse was automated after having been manned for 110 years. On September 3, 2004, the
foghorn
A foghorn or fog signal is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards such as rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport. W ...
at the lighthouse was deactivated and removed from the station. Today nobody lives on the island and the lighthouse buildings are deteriorating.
[http://www.discoveryisland.ca , discoveryisland.ca]
See also
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List of lighthouses in British Columbia
This is a list of lighthouses in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Lighthouses
See also
*List of lighthouses in Canada
References
External links
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List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals''Canadian Coast Guard''. Retrieved 19 March ...
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List of lighthouses in Canada
This is a list of lighthouses in Canada. These may naturally be divided into lighthouses on the Pacific coast, on the Arctic Ocean, in the Hudson Bay watershed, on the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River watershed ( ...
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Discovery Island (British Columbia)
Discovery Island is located off the eastern side of Vancouver Island and is viewable from Ten Mile Point, near Cadboro Bay, and Oak Bay. Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park occupies the southern portion of Discovery Island, east of Oak B ...
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Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park
Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park located about east of Oak Bay on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is about long and wide and looks out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Discovery Island Marine Provincial ...
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Captain E.G. Beaumont
References
External links
Aids to Navigation''Canadian Coast Guard''
discoveryisland.ca
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071021161431/http://www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/discvry/ Lighthouses of British Columbia - Discovery Island Lighthouse br>Discovery Island - BC Parks
Lighthouses completed in 1886
Greater Victoria
Lighthouses in British Columbia
History of Vancouver Island
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