Ballenas Island Light

Updated on Dec 22, 2024

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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

Location Ballenas IslandsBritish ColumbiaCanada 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.

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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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