Hi......tending a lighthouse would suit me to a tee.
The appeal for me is the solitude such a position would bring.
This is my first time to the site so still have some exploring to do....
thanks for being here.....kate
katherine grant - mill bay bc canada 2005-12-25 
I used to live at Estevan Point and later Digby Island. At that time my father was OIC of the radio station there.
Fran Ashdown - North Vancouver 2005-12-17
I met the light house keeper from Dryad Point on a train in Victoria Australia. He was going to visit his mother who lives in Australia, and I had just returned from an overseas trip and was heading home.
We spent a very happy time talking during the train trip and then he sent me this web site so I could see where he lived. What a lovely place for anyone to live.
Thankyou for an insight into your beautiful country.
Hilary Rash - Victoria Australia 2005-12-15
Thank-you for adding my grandfather Alex Mcleod's name to the lighthouse keepers data base. Lighthouse fans---Does anyone have pictures of the beautiful Brockton Point keepers house.??? Unfortunately , it wasn't preserved as a Stanley Park heritage home. Still seeking info,with thanx.
C mcleod jeffrey 2005-12-08
I grew up on Ivory (1944) and Lawyer Islands (1953). My Dad and Mom where lighthouses keepers. Myself and two of my brothers were homeschooled for years.
It was a life that I would not have changed. Though it is a very lonely life. I have been relief Light Keeper on Lawyer and Langara.
Harold Edwin Campbell - Prince Rupert, BC 2005-12-07
I am looking to purchase an arial picture of the Albert Head Lighthouse and it's surrounding property - Does anyone know where I can find one? Thanks
Roxanne Bouthillier - Chilliwack B.C. 2005-12-06
WOW ! Thank you for showing the Capilano Lighthouse. My grandmother Dorothy Harris grewup there with her family. Does anyone know how I can find more pictures of her house ?
Dorothy Joan Harrop - North Vancouver 2005-12-03
Anyone knowing whereabouts of Gordon Milum, once of Albert Head Light, please leave a note in the G/Book. The G. Milum in the Vr directory is his g/mother and she doesn't know where he is.
j. derham-reid - west vancouver 2005-11-24
I just discovered this website and love it. I am taking oil painting classes and want to paint lighthouses. My problem is that I must get permission to paint from other peoples photographs. If anyone has a photo that you took and wouldn't mind a beginner painter painting, possibly to sell, it would be greatly appreciated. You can email it to me. Thanks!
Delores Danzer - Havre, Montana 2005-11-23
a very beautiful site - thank you
Laval - Chicoutimi 2005-11-22
Dear Friends,
we would like to introduce you the illustrated book THE ARCHITECTURE OF ITALIAN LIGHTHOUSES by Cristiana BARTOLOMEI.
The present volume, The Architecture of Italian Lighthouses, inaugurates a series of publications celebrating these symbols of safety through a detailed and illustrated study of their typological and architectural features.
An illustrated catalogue of 45 lighthouses, still working today along the Adriatic and the Ionian coasts. The book describes them, for the first time, with measured drawings and original illustrations, pointing out typologies and materials. Other forthcoming volumes will introduce the reader to lighthouses along the Tyrrhenian coasts, on the Isle of Sardinia, and other smaller islands.
The album is a luxe large-format (24 x 30 cm.) publication, in hard cover, with more than 300 photographs, written in English and Italian too. It is printed on top-quality paper and all its pages are in full colour: the package includes a special edition of bookmarks, postcards and calendars. We shall be pleased to send you information and some sample images of this unique publication.
This is a very useful book not only for those with a special interest in the world’s lighthouses network, but also for all those interested in the architectural heritage; so we invite you on a special journey along our coasts: surprise, charm and discovery await you.
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The Italian Lighthouses Staff
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Vol 1 – Mar Adriatico e Mar Ionio
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giu - www.italianlighthouses.com 2005-11-17
I am a quilter and am looking at Lighthouses for my next project. Wonderful and interesting pictures, something that I can draw from to create a pleasing wallhanging.
Margaret Williams - Edmonton 2005-10-31
Found Greatgrandfather w. John Moran, Grandfather Tom Moran and Granduncle Arnold Moran listed as lightkeepers on your site. My father grew up on Lucy Island Lighthouse as a boy.
Christine Anne Booth nee Moran - Ketchikan, Alaska 2005-10-17
I grow up on Scarlet Point and Entrance Island. My Dad and mom where lighthouses keepers. Myself and two of my brothers were homeschooled for years.
It was a life that I would not have changed. I loved it. I hope to visit these lighthouses oneday I would love to raise my family on one of the lightouses.
Jody Loewen 2005-10-09
Love your site and found my great grandfathers name as lighthouse keeper.
his name is Jame Nicol Waugh .
Thank you so much
suzette
suzette Singer - newcstle australia 2005-09-29
Ferried to Victoria from Port Angeles yesterday. We are lighthouse guides/interpretors along the Oregon coast during summer months. Saw Trial Island and wished I could have visited it. Which BC lighthouses can be visited? I have a quest.
James P. O'Brien - Tucson, AZ 2005-09-27
My paternal grandfather Alex Mc/Leod was lighthouse keeper at Brockton Point and drowned while going to change the light at Calamity Point in 1940. Dad & Mom lived in the beautiful keepers house,and Mom used to help my grandfather fire the 9 oclock gun.I have a few pictures ,but don't know much at all about my dad's parents-my grandparents. If you have pictures,names, memories,please let me know. thankyou
Carol Mc/Leod Jeffrey - B.C. 2005-09-19
I lived in a house trailer while on a field assignment providing precise navigation for Shell Oil's SEDCO135F oil rig and also the Miss Helen, their exploration ship. Our Trailer was brought in by helicopter and placed directly below the fog horn at the Estivan Lighthouse. This was a great location, but on foggy days I would have rather been somewhere else. I spent 3 & 1/2 months there in the the fall of 1967. I was very lucky to be in the company of such great people as the 3 keepers and their families. It is a time of my life I'll never forget. Beachcombing was my favorite passtime while there. There were lots of beatiful beaches. The plumes of crashing waves on the rocks will be will me forever.
I picture it as the kind of place that will remain in beautiful isolation for all eternity.
Ralph Swinwood - Ottawa , Ontario 2005-09-06
Interesting website, I had no idea there were so many lighthouses on the coast, all are treasures and hopefully kept in a state of repair. Sentinels of the past are an important part of our future. DMH.
Douglas Herd - Edmonton, Alberta 2005-09-06
Fans of BC Lighthouses should visit this site. Sidney artist Graham Scholes has produced wood block prints of the ramaining BCc Light stations, see at www.woodblock.info
Also, anyone using radar 'site' pinetreeline.org will be sad to hear the Ren L'Ecuyer died at home in Mexico July 23. He will be missed - he did an enormous amount of research, and often worked on his site 10 to 12 hours a day.
j.a.c. derham-reid - west vancouver 2005-09-01
As a relief lightkeeper, I get to visit a lot of the lights. I have put quite a few photos that I have taken on a web page which can be found at www.pbase.com/jonmor
Ron, I hope you're enjoying Quatsino!
John Morris - Port Hardy, BC 2005-08-12
Awesome lighthouses in BC. If you are ever in New York--check out Crown Point Lighthouse on Lake Champlain.
Here's a website on the light
http://www.freewebs.com/seafever/
Karen - New York 2005-08-02
My great grandmother's father was a lighthouse keeper on estevan point. It is great to see some up to date pictures of the lighhouse. Thank you.
Amy V. - Lynden, WA 2005-07-23
Where are the updates? i cant seem to find them. But anyway, nice job.
Alex Mayers - San Diego 2005-07-17
I am trying to locate Captain Peter Darwin of British Columbia. If you have his contact, could you please send the information to me? Thanks
Logan - Vancouver 2005-07-15
very interesting page i love reading about people interestin lighthouses i was born in a lighthouse on pei my mother was lighthouse keeper and we lived in the lighthouse i collect anything to do with a lighthouse would love to talk to anyone interested in lighthouses
mary ramsay - summerside pei 2005-07-13
I love your site and find it to be a wonderful resource. Thank you for taking the time to put it all together.
cottauk 2005-07-13
the lightstations are beautiful. the information about the lights was a bonus. these lightstations i may never get to see in person. thank you for letting me view them.
kristen - greenfield,wisconsin 2005-07-10
being a fire lookout buff i feel a certain affinity with lighthouses- the views, the solitude. enjoy the silence!!!
nic johnson - spokane,wa 2005-07-08
Wow! cool site, nice design! lots of usefull information! will visit it often!:)
Cromat 2005-06-25
I was on the WCT and at the Carmanah Lighthouse on 5/13/05. I barely read and now am very curious about the meteorite and maze on the lighthouse grounds. Did I read right? Is it a meteorite and did the caretakers just have some fun building a maze around it? Its a beautiful lighthouse and grounds and the WCT was challenging but fulfilling. Thanks Canada!
Jene Van Zant - California, USA 2005-06-23
The tall ships are anchored this morning right off of Fisgard Lighthouse. What a sight!
Dieter Gerhard - Victoria, BC 2005-06-23 
I watched a program on tv today about the langara lighthouse. I found it very fascinating!! I love the story on how the couple met, and that they have one son who seems to enjoy his way of life. I thought it was cool when he hand fed the deer!! I just think these three people are pretty amazing. it's unfortunate that they only get mail once a month and that they have no email. I think it would be awesome to to have a pen pal out that way. I would like to tell them thank you for letting me into their lives and the way they live. I truly enjoyed the program.
Belinda Meseman - Winnipeg, Manitoba 2005-06-17
hi..I'm departing from Skagway July 3rd approx. and plan to stop at all the light houses on my way to Tofino..solo..this is a heads up to all the light house keepers out there that i'll be visiting you ! see you later !
my call name on the vhf is " Mangokayaker"
Derek Crook...A.K.A Mangokayaker - Nanaimo B.C 2005-06-08
ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING! ive never seen anything like this site!!! Endless fun for a huge lighthouse fan like myself!!!!!!!!
Anonymous 2005-06-07
Hi...Have aprox 25 log books of Lighthouse from Lighthouse on Seal Island -Nova Scotia-dating from 1824 when it was built till it was closed few years ago.
Gary Hopkins - Nova Scotia 2005-05-26
Enjoyed your site...Collector of vintage Lighthouse artifacts.......also have a drawing of a blackduck by W G Newton of Benjam Holmes Decoy-dated 1970.Do you carve also.Regards Gary
Gary Hopkins - Pubnico-Nova Scotia 2005-05-26
Great Site......I am trying to find out the lighthouse keepper on Saturna Island (East Point) in 1932. My grandfather had rowing skiff built and I was wonding who actually built it.
Bob Brokaw - Henderson, NV 2005-05-21
Great site!
R. Hogberg - B.C. 2005-05-19
