Ballenas Island Light

Ballenas Island Lighthouse

Ballenas Island Light, far side of upper island
Location	Ballenas Islands British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°W / 49.35056; -124.160222Coordinates: 49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°W / 49.35056; -124.160222
Tower
Constructed	1900
Construction	concrete tower
Height	11 metres (36 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, red balcony and lantern
Power source	solar power
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard [1]
Light
First lit	1917
Focal height	21 metres (69 ft)
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s. Fl W 10s

The Ballenas Island Light is an operational lighthouse built in 1900 but moved to its current location in 1912, located on West Ballenas Island, Canada. It is a white, octagonal concrete tower with a red lantern 27 metres (89 ft) in height. The lighthouse is not open to the public as it is located on a privately owned island.^[2]

Keepers[]

• William Henry Brown (1901–11)
• Wilhelm Betiat (1911)
• T.C.L. Hayllar (1912)
• Arthur Broughton Gurney (1912–16)
• Mrs. A.B. Gurney (1917–19)
• Arthur Broughton Gurney (1920–21)
• Philip Gresely Cox (1921–22)
• Joseph Edgar Pettingell (1923–24)
• John Alfred Hunting (1924–30)
• Ernest Charles Dawe (1930–35)
• Alfred David Douglas (1935–37)
• Arthur G. Waldern (1952–57)
• Lance Hooper (early 1960s)
• Peter Fletcher (1966–70)
• Frederick Pratt (1970–89)
• J. Keith Nuttall (1989–93)
• Richard Wood (1994–96)^[3]

See also[]

• List of lighthouses in British Columbia
• List of lighthouses in Canada

References[]

External links[]

• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard

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