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Race Rocks Lighthouse
Canada
Race Rocks Light is one of the first two lighthouses that were built on the west coast of Canada, financed by the British Government and illuminated in 1860. It is the only lighthouse on that coast built of rock, (granite) purportedly quarried in Scotland, and topped with sandstone quarried on Gabriola Island. Constructed by the crew of HMS Topaze and outside labourers under a contract awarded to John Morris
Site and tower closed (special permission is required to land on the island)
| Manufacture Date | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Lighthouse Construction | 1859-1860 |
| Country | Canada |
| Lens Order | Holophotal revolving lights ordinary type (2nd order in The Lighthouse Work of Sir James T. Chance (APPENDIX)) |
| Lens Type | Revolving |
| Status | publish |
| Management Body Ports Authority | Candian Coast Guard, leased to Pearson College |
| Preserver | Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. |
| Coastal Erosion Vulnerability | |
| Open Status (Site) | Closed |
| Open Status (Tower) | Closed |
| Coordinates | 48.2979283394,-123.531503157 |
| Other | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Rocks_Light ARLHS CAN-426; CCG P-0189, Admiralty G5300, NGA 13760. |
| Data Source | 1) Chance Lighthouses (1856-1917) (61 years), David Encill's list 1856-95: Race Rocks, Vancouver Island - 1859 - Holophotal revolving lights ordinary type 2) The Lighthouse Work of Sir James T. Chance (APPENDIX): Race Rocks, Vancouver - 1859 - 2nd order - Revolving |