- Source: Pachena Point Light
Pachena Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Bamfield, British Columbia, in Pacific Rim National Park. The octagonal wooden tower is maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard who employ lighthouse keepers at the station. In Summer of 2024, it was announced that Pachena Point Light (along with nearby Carmanah Point Light) would be destaffed before the end of the year. On October 26 of the same year, the lightkeepers departed the station, leaving it unstaffed. This change was not well received and was met with heavy criticism.
Keepers
John S. Richardson 1907 – 1908
William Robinson Pillar 1908 – 1913
Richard Clark 1913 – 1919
G. Allan Couldrey 1919 - 1923
Art Gorden 1923 – 1924
James W. Davis 1925 – 1930
Guy Clear 1930 – 1931
John Alfred Hunting 1924, 1931 - 1958
Gerald Wellard 1957 – 1959
William Milne 1969
F. Bergthorson 1969 – 1973
Robert W. Noble 1973 – 1976
Tom E. Carr 1977 – 1983
Edward J. Ashe 1983 – 1985
Ian Crocker 1985 – 1991, 1996 – 1998
Iain Colquohuon 1988 – 1991
Peter Redhead 1991 – 1992, 1998 – 2004
Calvin Martin 2005 – Present
See also
List of lighthouses in British Columbia
List of lighthouses in Canada
References
External links
Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
Fogwhistle Website
Lighthouse Depot Database, Pachena Point Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
"Pachena Point". BC Geographical Names.