Year first lit 1958 (current) Markings / pattern red tower and lantern Focal height 48 m Opened 1874 | Construction steel skeletal tower Characteristic Fl WR 5s. Height 10 m Year first constructed 1874 | |
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Location Cape BealeVancouver IslandBritish ColumbiaCanada Tower shape square pyramidal tower with balcony and lantern, central cylinder, slatted daymarks on three sides Similar Pachena Point Light, Carmanah Point Light Station, Estevan Point, Poett Nook, Trial Islands | ||
Cape beale lighthouse
Cape Beale Lightstation is an active manned lighthouse on Vancouver Island in British Columbia., Canada.
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History
The lighthouse was built in 1874 and its focal plane is 51 meters above sea level. The present tower was built in 1958 and marks the entrance to Barkley Sound. It is 10 metres tall. Cape Beale received its name from Charles William Barkley, captain of the Imperial Eagle, who named it for his ship's purser, John Beale. The lighthouse is best known for its proximity to the West Coast Trail which is the theoretical route survivors of shipwrecks would take to get to the nearby community of Bamfield.
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