Great site, so much info on BC Lights.
Stan S - Brookings, Oregon USA 2002-08-31 
I sailed by many of those light houses when in the Navy but never realized how nice they were ,liked the site very much
George Dunwoody - Winnipeg, Manitoba 2002-08-28
Keepers JR and Todd are to be commended for their work in maintaining Addenbroke. Thanks for the tour, guys!
Greg - Los Angeles, CA USA 2002-08-26
Hi! Great site! I,m interested in any info/photos of George Nicholas Davies and his wife Rosina (nee-Warner) who were 1st keepers on B.C.,s West Coast,at Race Rocks and Fisgard, beginning in Aug 1860. Also on their son, James Davies who was keeper at Balaclava, Triangle, Egg, Carmanah and Pachena.(George d.at Race Rocks in 1866 and Rosina remarried later and her name was then Rosina Harman.) :0) Thanks!
Maureen - B.C. Canada 2002-08-24
I am the son of Robert H. Collins. Dad was the senior lightkeeper at Quatsino (formally Kains Island Lightstation) from 1957 to 1980. Nice to see the old place again. When we arrived in Sept. the old square four level building with oil lamp light on top was our home. The station had a small power plant for the radio beacon only. It was completely rebuilt in 58, generators, foghorn, south and north houses. The third house in the middle of the island came later when the station became a three man operation. The current south house was our home. I have reels of slides, pictures of the station over the years. If someone is looking for pictures or more info on the station contact me by E-Mail.
Yours truly, Terry
Terry Collins - Campbell River, B.C. Canada 2002-08-23
love light houses
monique kuhn - state college pa 2002-08-03
hi there, my father took his family to prince rupert when i was ten yrs old he worked for the coastguard which was then called the MOT.i got to go with him on the helicopter quite abit to the lighthouses from prince rupert to victoria,they would stop to deliver mail ,groceries etc...my favourite was lucy island, beautiful white sandy shores.we always had a feed of abalone with fred pratt and his family,and then carried on.my dad knew everyone on every lighthouse and they loved his visits and hated to see him go,i have great memories of him and the lighthouses,at xmas time one of dads friends would dress up as santa and the coastguard would take gifts to all the children on the lighthouses by helicopter it was great.my fathers name was captian edgar harris he was district manager of the coastguard in prince rupert 1960-1985 .have a great day lynne scott
lynne scott - delta , b c canada 2002-07-20
What a great website. I will be back often. There is never enough time to see all the pictures. I live on the prairies, so Lighthouses are a real facination.
Joyce Prang - Rapid City, SD USA 2002-07-16
While staring at a watercolour painting of a lighthouse, done by British Columbia artist Cim MacDonald, I wrote a poem that I would like to share with your website:
Wind and snow and rain and sleet
The lighthouse keeper shines
his light upon the metal sheet,
and round and round it chimes.
Ahoy freighters and pleasure crafts
canoes and kayaks too,
He guides them all just like a map,
he knows just what to do.
He lives on that rock day and night
Supplies are brought to him
He is the master of that light
Through fog both thick and thin.
The power of that lighthouse charm
like the mountain beyond,
Keeps weary seafarers from harm
They form a special bond.
Ahoy, Ahoy echoing sounds
The lighthouse keeper hears
He runs quickly in leaps and bounds,
hearing the rescued cheer.
Antoinette De Wit
July 2002
Antoinette De Wit - Maple Ridge, British Columbia Canada 2002-07-11
Cool site, beautiful pictures ... I'am a folk artist (woodworker) who is a great admirer of lighthouses,if their is anyone out their that have any interesting pictures of lighthouses that they would like to share please feel free to e-mail, maybe I can use it in my work .or go to my site to view my work http://geocities.com/islandbirdbrain/
thank-you bird man of pei
lawrence - summerside, pei canada 2002-07-07
I fell in love with lighthouses many years ago. I was about six years old my Dad took me to my first lighthouse in Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. That was it... I was hooked!
Donna C. Torchia - Phoenix, Arizona USA 2002-07-06
Hello!
Your website is listed on our Links page at:
http://www.comoxfishermanswharf.com/links/
Please note that our website has a NEW ADDRESS:
http://www.comoxfishermanswharf.com/
We appreciate you having
a link back to us, and thank you for updating your files.
Thank you.
Alan Pattinson
Webmaster for Comox Valley Harbour Authority
http://www.pacificwebsites.com
Alan Pattinson 2002-07-05 
Just returned from B.C. and Alaska cruise. My great uncle, Alfred Dickson, was a captain along the B.C. west coast. Does anyone know of him? Where is Finlayson Channel, and Sparrow Hawk rock? Thanks
Emily Chenette - Indianapolis, IN 2002-06-28
what a wonderful site of lighthouses....
Janice Vacco - Erie, Pa USA 2002-06-25
My husband and I are very interested in becoming lightkeepers preferably in a remote location in Ontario or really anywhere in Canada. Have no idea where to inquire so I would appreciate any input from anyone out there. I currently live on Lake Erie-closest lighthouse is on Pelee Island. The only other one I've seen is Tobermory, Ontario.
darla oltean - windsor, ontario canada 2002-06-21
Wanted to share a comment I sent to Canada's Official Languages Commissioner after receiving an amazing response from Environment Canada when asking why the Light House Weather reports are not posted on their web-site:
"I inquired at the Environment Canada website as to why they do not post the west coast 'Light House Weather Reports'. I assumed it was some technical or budgetary reason. The reply I received astounded me. They claimed that since they could not provide these important reports in both languages, they were not permitted to post them at all. This is what I would call a public dis-service and completely disregards safety and the efficient dissemination of vital and expensively obtained information. I am not just an affected mariner but also a tax payer and I find this situation totally unacceptable if the explanation given to me is accurate. Please reply and explain to me how this policy benefits Canadians, particularly on the West Coast where manned light stations are still an integral part of the weather reporting system."
I would hope that anyone else disturbed by this policy would Contact the above Commissioner.
Capt. Ted Rayner - Gibsons, BC Canada 2002-06-07
This is the greatest site, me and my sister are fascinated with light houses and your site is the best. I love the pictures
Anjel Dattola - Louisville, Kentucky 2002-05-25
First visit, grear site !!
Spent 3 years in Canadian Coast Guard.
John Enns - Surrey, BC Canada 2002-05-20
Great site !!!! Many moons ago, I had a brief adventure working on a lighthouse boat tender called the Alexander Mckenzie, on the west coast, lighthouses have always interested me, the people who worked on them, their stories, good times, bad times. Canada's poorest paid civil servants !!!
John Krstiansen - Clearwater, B.C. Canada 2002-05-16
I've always loved the thought of living the life as a lighthouse keeper. As a child I dreamed of it and still do. Reading "We keep a Light" over and over still thrills me. I loved the pictures. I didn't realize there were so many along our coast. We hope to find our way to some during summer holidays. I hope they never disappear from our coast.
Rita - White Rock , BC Canada 2002-05-14
I just looked at the site. Terrific job. Rene told me about it when she flew out the other day. I was able to show my youngest daughter all the places we fly to and told her some of the stories the lightkeepers have passed on to me.
David Bickle - Prince Rupert, BC 2002-05-05
Congratulations Ron, great job on the web site. Finally got to town to a web link to see just what we are missing out at Langara. Will send you more photos when we return as Langara is such a beautiful site. Imagine almost 10,000 people have found interest in our wee lighthouse. That is truly humbling. Once again thank you for all your efforts on our behalf. We are truly a unique breed of people and the joys of our lifestyle need to brought forth to others. You may be interested in knowing that two sisters who grew up on Langara during World War II when the buildings were all painted drab green will be visiting the lighthouse in August for the first time since they moved away in . We are delighted. Know you are all missing my piano lesson concert on the ALN system each Sunday! I'll be home soon.
Keep those lights shining. . . . . Judy
Guthrie and Judy Schweers - Langara Point Lighthouse 2002-04-30
My Husband & I like isolation.We like each other.
We are both Nurses : General & Psyciatricaly trained.
Currently working in psychiatric ward..Mid 40's
Give us sometime to work & live the Lighthouse.
Lillywillow - Queensland Australia 2002-04-27
Hi, love your web site. I grew up on the lights in the 1950S and 1960s. My father was lightkeeper at Lawyer Island, Triple Island, and Langara. We also spent time at Kains Island, and I visited keepers at Nootka. I loved the life, and even now miss it. It is wonderful to see pictures of my old homes. It was a great way to grow up! (but not doing schooling by correspondence!!)
Jeannie
Jeannie Nielsen - Victoria, BC 2002-04-26
Hi to all lighthouse friends,
it's the birthday of my colleague tomorrow (19.4.). He is extremly fond of lighthouses. So I ask all like-minded to send him your best wishes and a hint, where he can find the best homepage with lighthouses (it seems, that I've already found it...).
Betty - Stuttgart, Germany 2002-04-18
Hi from Ben, Who has been to Bonilla Lightstation three times, visiting our good friends Ammundsen's, the Assistant Keepers.
Ben Brown - Prince George, British Columbia Canada 2002-04-12
I have seen this web site and I am glad to see these pictures are on the web for everyone to see.
M A. Bestick - Langley, B.C Canada 2002-04-11
A great site , you have some teriffic lights.
Bill Mannix - Toongabbie, New South Wales Australia 2002-04-04
As a person who does not like city life and remember the old farm in Pennsylvania my great-grandfather had(with its out-house and well water and no electricity) I am amazed that today people would be willing to live in such seclusion. I plan to check out this site thoroughly and may use it as a homeschool lesson for my children.
Chris Manning - Bernardsville, New Jersey USA 2002-04-03
Hi! Ron:-)
I have some pics of egg Island how do I get them to you??
Great site!
I have visited here before.
Stan
Stan Westhaver - Victoria, B.C. 2002-04-01
Greetings!
You have a very nice and worthwhile site!
I will also write a comment on behalf of my 92 years young sister-in-law. Her name is Elizabeth Alice Jensen Fox. Her present residence is also in Washington State.
She and Her family moved to Estivan Point Light Station in 1910 and her father Jens P. Jensen became the first keeper of the light there. Alice believes that the Esivan Point Light station was the tallest light station tower on the Pacific coast at that time.
This was a time before helicopters and their landing pads! The nearest small boat landing for delivery of supplies was approxamately two miles away as she remembers.
Alice has two black and white pictures of the light station taken somewhere in the above time span. Also a picture of the landing. Also a picture of the horse-drawn "jittney" that ran on 4" X 4" timbers to deliver supplies to the light station.
Dick Steele
Robert R "Dick" Steele - Mount Vernon, Washington USA 2002-04-01
Lighthouses and their stories are so interesting. Being from the wide open prairiewhere there are no sentinals like lighthouses,I have an interest in knowing where to find the demensions of lighthouses as I want to replicate them proportionally as a hobby and have my own beacons on the prairie. Any directions would be appreciated. tks
george wilson - saskatoon , sask canada 2002-03-31
My Mom used to live on the lights and she told me to come to this site. She lived on Egg when she was young and moved to Vancouver to live with her grandmother in her teens. When she got married she had to kids at Cape Scott. They are my older brother and sister and I hope someday that i might be able to go to Egg Island. I can go to Cape Scott anytime because my moms friends brother lives there. If you have ever lived on egg or live on it now look on the banaster leading up to the house. It has my uncles initals on it - please do not disturb that or the swing in the back yard - thank u
Rachel - Victoria , BC Canada 2002-03-24
I am in search of any history in regards to my late great grandfather who had his tug masters. His name is Charles Rystedt. I would appreciate any unformation you find.
mike evers - surrey, bc canada 2002-03-20
I am one of the Masters on BC Ferries Northern vessels. Needless to say I have spent many a night waiting for the "Lighthouse Weather Reports" that follow the Marine forecast and automated reports. Those of us who have to make the right decisions when transiting the more dangerous parts of the BC Coast rue the day that the Canadian Gov't ever decides to de-staff all the light stations. Your sea state reports are particularly important to us and knowing that the report is made with human eyes and not an average reading made by an instrument that may or may not transmit in time is all the more reassuring. My thanks in particular to the keepers at Langara (for frontal passage), Triple, Bonilla (North Hecate conditions), Boat Bluff (for Klemtu approach and my particular thanks for the special greeting that was given to us from the top right window of the north residence while passing on the Queen of the North a while back!), McInnes & Ivory (Milbanke conditions), Dryad (Shearwater and B.B. conditions), Addenbrooke, Egg, Pine (QC Sound), and Scarlett (QC Strait) for the accurate (and sometimes unnerving) sea states and local weather that you report. You have my written support to our friend David Collinette (Minister of Transport) and any time I happen to sit in on one the Coast Guards' stakeholders Nav-aids review sessions. See you on the way by, Ted Rayner (Mostly on Queen of Prince Rupert but the odd time sailing on the Queen of the North)
Capt. Ted Rayner - Gibsons, BC Canada 2002-03-14
Amazing site! What a wonderful way of sharing the beauty of the "lights" with those who haven't paddled past them. As a avid kayaker I have always loved rounding a point to see a lighthouse... Nothing more beautful... or necessary!
Patrick Mooney - Surrey (almost White Rock), B.C. Canada 2002-03-12
love to look at your lighthouses, i found talking to friend who lives in one. what would we ever do with out them ?
velma ,maesie mcathur 2002-03-10
Have always loved lighthouses and climbed to the tops whenever possible while on visits. Have seen lighthouses in Florida and on the east coast of Canada, but as of yet not been to any in British Columbia. One day I hope to be fortunate enough to do so. After briefly meeting a lighthouse keeper on line this evening I visited this site. What a gorgeous place to come to. Hi to lighthouse keeper on cape scott! Thankyou for sharing your site with me I will visit it again and share this spot with my friends.
connie westerlund - port coquitlam, british columbia canada 2002-03-09
Message to - Kelly Carson - Egg Island Light- Please e-mail me and give me your telephone No. I will call you. Ann HEALY
Ann Healy - Trail, B.C. Canada 2002-03-07
