Race Rocks Light
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| Location: | Vancouver Island, British Columbia |
| Year first constructed: | 1859 |
| Year first lit: | 1860 |
| Tower shape: | Cylindrical |
| Markings/Pattern: | Tower with black/white bands, lantern painted red |
| Height: | 24.4 m |
| Focal Height: | 36 m |
| Characteristic: | Fl. 10 s |
| Fog signal: | (3) 60 s |
| Admiralty number: | G5300 |
| NGA number: | 13760 |
| ARLHS number: | CAN-426 |
Race Rocks Lighthouse is the second lighthouse to be built on the west coast of Canada. It is just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 16 km SW of Victoria, British Columbia.
The lighthouse was built between 1859–1860 by the crew of HMS Topaz and outside labourers under a contract awarded to John Morris by the British Government.[1] The light became operational December 26, 1860. It has a 24.4 m cylindrical tower with black and white bands, and flashes a white light every 10 s. Its foghorn sounds three blasts at one minute intervals.[2] On Christmas Day 1865 a group of five visiting the lightkeeper capsized their boat in a tide rip while attempting to land and all were drowned.
The lighthouse is run by Lester B. Pearson College and is surrounded by the Race Rocks Marine Protected Area.
[edit] Notes
- ^ First contact with Easter Island
- ^ "Race Rocks". Notmar – List of Lights: Pacific Coast. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2007. http://www.notmar.gc.ca/go.php?doc=eng/services/list/2007-pacific/p180e2007. Retrieved on 2008-06-16.
[edit] References
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1971), British Columbia Place Names, Their Origin and History (Facsimile reprint of 1909 edition ed.), Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, ISBN 0-88894-143-9, http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545
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Coordinates: 48°17′52.9″N 123°31′53.1″W / 48.298028°N 123.531417°W
