Pachena Point Light

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Year first lit 1908 Height 20 m Range 25,928 m		Construction wooden tower Opened 1908 Focal height 47 m

Location Pachena PointVancouver IslandBritish ColumbiaCanada Tower shape octagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern Original lens First order Fresnel lens Similar Cape Beale Light, Carmanah Point Light Station, Estevan Point, Pacific Rim National Park Res, Cape Scott Lighthouse

Pachena point lighthouse trip

Pachena Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Bamfield, British Columbia, in Pacific Rim National Park. The octagonal wooden tower is maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard who employ lighthouse keepers at the station.

John S. Richardson 1907 – 1908

William Robinson Pillar 1908 – 1913

Richard Clark 1913 – 1919

G. Allan Couldrey 1919 - 1923

Art Gorden 1923 – 1924

James W. Davis 1925 – 1930

Guy Clear 1930 – 1931

John Alfred Hunting 1924, 1931 - 1958

Gerald Wellard 1957 – 1959

William Milne 1969

F. Bergthorson 1969 – 1973

Robert W. Noble 1973 – 1976

Tom E. Carr 1977 – 1983

Edward J. Ashe 1983 – 1985

Ian Crocker 1985 – 1991, 1996 – 1998

Iain Colquohuon 1988 – 1991

Peter Redhead 1991 –1992, 1998 – 2004

Calvin Martin 2005 – at least 2015

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