Construction concrete tower Height 12 m Province British Columbia | Light source solar power Focal height 28 m Year first lit 1970 | |
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Location Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Canada Year first constructed 1886 (first)
1958 (second) Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower, red balcony and lantern Similar Discovery Island Marine Pr, Discovery Island, Race Rocks Light, Cape Beale Light, Trial Islands | ||
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Discovery Island Lighthouse is an active lighthouse built in 1886 on Pandora Hill which is the highest point on Discovery Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
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The government appointed Richard Brinn to be the first lighthouse keeper. His daughter Mary Ann Croft assisted him. In 1902 after her father died Mary Ann Croft was officially appointed the lighthouse keeper, when she became the first female lighthouse keeper in Canada. In 1932 Croft retired, and moved to Victoria with a pension of $43 a month. She had spent a total of 46 years living on the island. In 1996 the lighthouse was automated after having been manned for 110 years. On September 3, 2004 the foghorn at the lighthouse was deactivated and removed from the station. Today nobody lives on the island and the lighthouse buildings are deteriorating.