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Ballenas Island Light

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Year first lit
  
1917

Light source
  
solar power

Opened
  
1900

Focal height
  
21 m

Construction
  
concrete tower

Height
  
11 m

Range
  
31,484 m

Year first constructed
  
1900

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Location
  
Ballenas Islands British Columbia Canada

Tower shape
  
octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
white tower, red balcony and lantern

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.

KeepersEdit

  • William Henry Brown 1901–1911
  • Wilhelm Betiat 1911
  • T.C.L. Hayllar 1912
  • Arthur Broughton Gurney 1912– 916
  • Mrs. A.B. Gurney 1917–1919
  • Arthur Broughton Gurney 1920–1921
  • Philip Gresely Cox 1921–1922
  • Joseph Edgar Pettingell 1923–1924
  • John Alfred Hunting 1924–1930
  • Ernest Charles Dawe 1930–1935
  • Alfred David Douglas 1935–1937
  • Arthur G. Waldern 1952–1957
  • Lance Hooper early 1960s
  • Peter Fletcher 1966–1970
  • Frederick Pratt 1970–1989
  • J. Keith Nuttall 1989–1993
  • Richard Wood 1994–1996

    • References

    Ballenas Island Light Wikipedia
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