Ballenas Island Light

Ballenas Island Lighthouse

Ballenas Island Light, far side of upper island
British Columbia
Location	Ballenas Islands British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°WCoordinates: 49°21′2″N 124°9′36.8″W / 49.35056°N 124.160222°W
Year first constructed	1900
Year first lit	1917
Construction	concrete tower
Tower shape	octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower, red balcony and lantern
Height	11 metres (36 ft)
Focal height	21 metres (69 ft)
Light source	solar power
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s.
Admiralty number	G5508
CHS number	CCG 0490
NGA number	12868
ARLHS number	CAN-018
Managing agent	Canadian Coast Guard [1]

The Ballenas Island Light is an operational lighthouse built in 1900 but moved to its current location in 1912, located on West Ballenas Island, Canada. It is a white, octagonal concrete tower with a red lantern 27 metres (89 ft) in height. The lighthouse is not open to the public as it is located on a privately owned island.^[2]

Keepers

• William Henry Brown 1901–1911
• Wilhelm Betiat 1911
• T.C.L. Hayllar 1912
• Arthur Broughton Gurney 1912– 916
• Mrs. A.B. Gurney 1917–1919
• Arthur Broughton Gurney 1920–1921
• Philip Gresely Cox 1921–1922
• Joseph Edgar Pettingell 1923–1924
• John Alfred Hunting 1924–1930
• Ernest Charles Dawe 1930–1935
• Alfred David Douglas 1935–1937
• Arthur G. Waldern 1952–1957
• Lance Hooper early 1960s
• Peter Fletcher 1966–1970
• Frederick Pratt 1970–1989
• J. Keith Nuttall 1989–1993
• Richard Wood 1994–1996^[3]

See also

• List of lighthouses in British Columbia

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
2. "Foghorn Publishing ... Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Ballenas Island Light". Foghorn Publishing. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
3. Lighthouse friends