List of lighthouses in British Columbia

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This is a list of lighthouses in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

Lighthouses[]

Name	Image and map	Water body	Region	Location	Built	Notes
Active Pass Lighthouse					1885
Addenbroke Island Light Station		Fitz Hugh Sound	100 km north of Port Hardy	Addenbroke Island, on the eastern side of Fitz Hugh Sound.	1914	The structure consists of a Fibreglass tower that is 26 ft tall and painted white. The active focal plane is 24 metres above sea level. It flashes white every 5 seconds. This is a staffed light house. There are two keepers in adjacent structures.
Amphitrite Point Light		Barkley Sound	Barkley Sound, northern entrance	Ucluelet, southern end	1915	The building is white with a red lantern. It flashes every 12 seconds and has a focal plane of 15 metres (50 ft). The original structure was destroyed by a tsunami in 1914 and rebuilt in 1915.
Ballenas Island Light					1917
Boat Bluff Lighthouse		Hecate Strait			1897 (station established)	This light is located around 5 kilometres north of the village of Klemtu. It is there to mark the northbound entrance to Sarah Passage and is situated on the west side of Sarah Island. The light itself is a tower, square pyramidal in shape and made of steel. The tower is white and the square base is red. This is a staffed light consisting of a number of structures and a weather station.
Brockton Point Lighthouse					1915
Cape Beale Lighthouse		Barkley Sound	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	1958	This light is used to mark the southern entrance to Barkley Sound. It is a square pyrimidal tower made of steel. This skeletal structure has a square cylinder in the center. There is a lantern and gallery, both painted red. Three sides have a white, slatted daymark. This light is staffed and consists of a number of buildings, all with red roofs.
Cape Mudge Lighthouse					1916
Cape Scott Lighthouse		Pacific Ocean	Vancouver Island, northwestern tip	Cape Scott Provincial Park	1981	The light is a square skeletal structure. It is made of steel and has a red painted lantern and a gallery. The focal plane is 70 metres (229 feet) and flashes white every 10 seconds. The site consists of a number of red-roofed buildings.
Carmanah Point Light Station					1920
Chrome Island Lighthouse					1890
Discovery Island Light					1885
Entrance Island Lighthouse					1970 (circa)
Estevan Point					1910
Fisgard Lighthouse					1860	The oldest lighthouse on the West Coast of Canada.
Green Island Lighthouse					1906 (station established)
Ivory Island Lightstation					1898
Langara Light					1913
Lucy Islands Light					1960
Merry Island Lighthouse		Halfmoon Bay 49°28′03″N 123°54′44″W / 49.467448°N 123.912313°W / 49.467448; -123.912313			1903[1]
Mayne Island Lighthouse
Nootka Lighthouse		Nootka Sound	west coast of Vancouver Island	summit of San Rafael Island at entrance to Nootka Sound.	1910	Red square skeleton tower. Active focal plane at 30.9 metres. It flashes white 0.2 seconds every 12 seconds.[2]
Pachena Point Light					1908
Point Atkinson Lighthouse					1912
Portlock Point Lighthouse					1987
Race Rocks Lighthouse					1860	The second oldest lighthouse on the West Coast of Canada.
Sangster Island Light
Scarlett Point Lighthouse					1905 (station established)
Sheringham Point Lighthouse					1912
Trial Islands Lightstation					1906
Triple Island Lightstation		Chatham Sound	North Coast Regional District	Brown Passage 25 miles (40 km) W of Prince Rupert	1920	A 21.9 metres (72 ft) tower attached to a rectangular concrete structure with a helipad (IATA: YTI). Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974.[3]

See also[]

• List of lighthouses in Canada

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses in British Columbia.

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals Canadian Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 March 2017
• British Columbia Canada Lighthouses Lighthouses Friends. Retrieved 19 March 2017