Chrome Island Lighthouse

Chrome Island lighthouse

The lighthouse in 2012
Location	Denman Island British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	49°28′19.49″N 124°41′2.18″W
Tower
Constructed	1891 (first)
Construction	fiberglass tower
Height	7.5 metres (25 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, red lantern
Power source	solar power
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard[1]
Light
First lit	1989 (current)
Focal height	22 metres (72 ft)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s.

Chrome Island Lighthouse is a light station established in 1891 that assists traffic in the region of Deep Bay, British Columbia, Denman Island, and Hornby Island. It is currently a manned station, though in recent years the Canadian Coast Guard has considered automating it.

Along with electronic navigational aids, the five-second-flash lighthouse is about 21 metres (69 ft) above water level (depending on tides). The station has a helicopter landing deck and rescue boat.

The light is one of the 12 locations of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, and has collected coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans since 1961.[2]

Keepers

• Tom H. Piercy 1891–1898
• William McDonagh 1898–1901
• Walter Gordon 1901–1906
• John Doney 1906–1914
• James Fredrick Street 1914–1917
• Albert Doney 1917–1919
• Daniel O'Brien 1919–1922
• G. Allan Couldery 1922–1939
• Eugene Alexander Moden 1939–1953
• Oscar Edwards 1953–1957
• D.P. Gardner 1957–1960
• Jim W. Bruton 1960–1964
• William Edward Gardiner 1964–1977
• Maurice Collette 1977–1979
• Gerald Watson 1979–1980
• Terrance Stewart 1980–1985
• Charles Thomson 1986–1997
• Barry Shaw 1997–1998
• Charles Thomson 1998–2007
• Roger Williamson 2007–present[3]

See also

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

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (21 March 2019). "Data from BC lightstations". www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
3. Chrome Island B.C. Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Friends

External links

• Chrome Island Light Lighthousefriends.com
• Lighthouses of British Columbia
• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
• Chrome Island Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database