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Automated
  
1988

Height
  
20 m

Focal height
  
22 m

NGA number
  
13800

Construction
  
concrete tower

Opened
  
1912

Province
  
British Columbia

Year first constructed
  
1912

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Location
  
Sheringham Point Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada

Tower shape
  
hexagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
white tower, red balcony and lantern

Original lens
  
Third-order Fresnel lens

Similar
  
Trial Islands, Cape Beale Light, Boat Bluff lighthouse, Pachena Point Light, Carmanah Point Light Station

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Sheringham Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, near the community of Shirley. Built in 1912, it is still used for navigation.

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The lighthouse and surrounding property is currently owned by the Canadian Coast Guard and fenced off, though the lighthouse can be seen easily from a trail beside the fence. As of 2005, the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society is working to acquire the property from the Coast Guard and turn it into a public park.

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Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society

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The Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society (SPLPS) was established in 2003 by local residents of Shirley, British Columbia, when the Canadian Coast Guard suggested deeming the Sheringham Point Lighthouse and its surrounding lands as 'surplus'. The SPLPS's mission is “to preserve the Sheringham Point Lighthouse structures and property; to ensure, through education, research, community action and consensus building, that the Sheringham Point Lighthouse, surrounding property and historic access routes remain accessible to the community and visitors now and in the future; to document and recognize the historical importance of the Sheringham Point Lighthouse and those who lived and worked there.”

In 2010, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) officially declared the lightstation and surrounding lands surplus.

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The SPLPS has applied for the Sheringham Point Lighthouse to be named a National Heritage Site, which would mean that it would be protected by the Canadian Government. The Society will know if it is successful by 2015. Meanwhile, the Society and the Capital Regional District (CRD) have been working together to acquire the station and lands to create a park accessible to the public. There is, however, the possibility that the lands could be sold to a private developer or awarded to the First Nations (provided they can prove ancestral significance of the land).

There are over 200 active members of the SPLPS and more than 4,000 signed supporters across Canada.

Keepers

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  • Eustace Travanion Arden (1912 – 1946)
  • Tom Charles Cross (1946)
  • Alfred Dickenson (1946 – 1948)
  • Thomas Westhead (1948 – )
  • Frederick Arthur Mountain (1959 – 1968)
  • James D. Bruton (1968 – 1987)
  • Kurt Cehak (1987 – 1989)

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    References

    Sheringham Point Light Wikipedia