Point Atkinson Lighthouse

Point Atkinson Lighthouse

The lighthouse is located to alert ships entering Burrard Inlet
Location West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Founder W.H. Rourke
Built 1914
Governing body District of West Vancouver
Website District of West Vancouver: Lighthouse Park
Designated May 18, 1974
Reference no. 12768
Point Atkinson Lighthouse
British Columbia
Location Burrard Inlet
West Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Year first constructed 1875 (first)
Year first lit 1912 (current)
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape octagonal frustum six ribbed tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red balcony and lantern
Height 18 metres (59 ft)
Focal height 33 metres (108 ft)
Characteristic Fl (2) W 5s.
Admiralty number G5426
CHS number CCG 0386
NGA number 12972
ARLHS number CAN-387
Managing agent West Vancouver Lighthouse Park [1]

Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built in 1914 on granite boulders jutting out into Burrard Inlet in West Vancouver, Canada. The reinforced concrete structure replaces an earlier wood structure built in 1875. The concrete structure was considered at the time innovative in lighthouse design. It is now automated and still in use. [2]

The Point Atkinson Lighthouse may be reached by hiking the Valley Trail in Lighthouse Park.[3]

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See also

Notes

  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  2. "Point Atkinson Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada". HistoricPlaces. Parks Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/Search.do?R=VE_1426&lang=en&ex=on Point Atkinson Lighthouse - Maintaining the Light : West Vancouver Museum and Archives
  4. Point Atkinson Lighthouse Lighrhouse Friends

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Lighthouse Park as seen from Altamont in the east

Coordinates: 49°19′49″N 123°15′53″W / 49.3304°N 123.2646°W / 49.3304; -123.2646


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