Pachena Point Lighthouse is located on
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are o ...
, south of
Bamfield, British Columbia
Bamfield is a community that is surrounded by Crown Land, First Nation Lands belonging to the Huu-ay-aht Nations, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park, located on Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The community, with ...
, in
Pacific Rim National Park
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a national park located in British Columbia, Canada, which comprises three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. Its the Pacific Coast Mountains, are characterized ...
. The octagonal wooden tower is maintained by the
Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; french: links=no, Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues in ...
who employ
lighthouse keeper
A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as ...
s at the station.
Keepers
* John S. Richardson 1907 – 1908
* William Robinson Pillar 1908 – 1913
* Richard Clark 1913 – 1919
* G. Allan Couldrey 1919 - 1923
* Art Gorden 1923 – 1924
* James W. Davis 1925 – 1930
* Guy Clear 1930 – 1931
* John Alfred Hunting 1924, 1931 - 1958
* Gerald Wellard 1957 – 1959
* William Milne 1969
* F. Bergthorson 1969 – 1973
* Robert W. Noble 1973 – 1976
* Tom E. Carr 1977 – 1983
* Edward J. Ashe 1983 – 1985
* Ian Crocker 1985 – 1991, 1996 – 1998
* Iain Colquohuon 1988 – 1991
* Peter Redhead 1991 – 1992, 1998 – 2004
* Calvin Martin 2005 – Present 2021
[ alvin Martin Lighthouse Keeper Pachena Point Lightstation]
See also
* 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
*
List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals''Canadian Coast Guard''. Retrieved 19 Marc ...
* 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 ( ...
References
External links
Aids to Navigation
Canadian Coast Guard
Fogwhistle Website
Lighthouse Depot Database, Pachena Point
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Lighthouses completed in 1908
Lighthouses in British Columbia
Octagonal buildings in Canada
Heritage sites in British Columbia
1908 establishments in British Columbia
Lighthouses on the Canadian Register of Historic Places
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