Triple Island Lighthouse is a large, manned light station on Triple Island. Built in 1920 after four years of construction, the concrete station features a 21.9 metres (72 ft) tower attached to a rectangular concrete structure that houses the keepers' quarters and machinery. A Triple Island helipad (IATA: YTI) occupies much of the remainder of the islet. Canadian Coast Guard personnel man the station on a 28-day rotation. The station was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974.[2][3]
 Triple Island Lightstation as viewed from Brown Passage | |
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| Location | Brown Passage 25 miles (40 km) W of Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada |
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| Coordinates | 54°17′41″N 130°52′50″W / 54.294830°N 130.880505°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1920 |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Height | 21.9 metres (72 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached two a two-story keeper's house |
| Markings | white tower, red balcony and lantern |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard[1] |
| Heritage | national Historic Sites of Canada, recognized federal heritage building of Canada, heritage lighthouse  |
| Fog signal | deactivated |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1921 |
| Focal height | 28 metres (92 ft) |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 9s. |
| Official name | Triple Island Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1974 |
From 1939 to 1970, the Triple Island lightstation was part of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, collecting coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans everyday for 31 years.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ "Explore British Columbia's National and Provincial Historic Sites". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Ammundsen, Ron. "Triple Island Lightstation". Lighthouses of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data (Pacific), 1914-present - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca. Treasury Board of Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
External links
edit- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
- Triple Island Lightstation Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine at fogwhistle.ca
- Triple Island
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