Category Archives: lighthouse

Fort Point Museum

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Katherine

Fort Point Museum Fort Point is located on a narrow point of the LaHave River, across from Kraut Point and Romkey Head on Dublin Bay. You might think that this being Fort Point, that the lighthouse would be the Fort … Continue reading →

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‘Namgis Original Burial Grounds

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Katherine

‘Namgis Original Burial Grounds – Alert Bay on Cormorant Island

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Alert Bay Totem

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Katherine

A totem pole at the ‘Namgis Original Burial Grounds – Alert Bay on Cormorant Island

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Margaretsville Lighthouse

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Katherine

The Margaretsville Lighthouse was built in 1859 as the town was an important transportation hub, being connected to Saint John by steamship and to various parts of Nova Scotia by rail. The lighthouse, a square wooden tower with sloping sides, … Continue reading →

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View Royal views

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Katherine

  Looking across Esquimalt Harbour from View Royal

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Entrance Island Lighthouse

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Katherine

Entrance Island Lighthouse viewed from on Orlebar Point on Gabriola Island

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Gallows Point Light

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Katherine

Gallows Point Light – Protection Island Gallows Point (originally Execution Point) takes its name from the fact that two native murderers were hanged there in 1853. Sixty years later, just offshore in the same immediate area, the dynamite carrier S.S. … Continue reading →

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Fisgard Light

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Katherine

Fisgard Light National Historic Site and HMC Dockyard Esquimalt

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Arbutus Bay

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Katherine

A Baynes Sound view of Denman Island and the Chrome Island Lighthouse

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Port Alberni lighthouse

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Katherine

The lighthouse in Port Alberni sure looks like a lighthouse, and arguably it is a lighthouse, but it only illuminates it’s lamp during the daytime as it would annoy local homeowners at night. This may sound rather odd, but the … Continue reading →

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