Solander Island Lighthouse

Solander Island Light (List of Lights 77 G5194) is a White cylindrical tower Flash white 1 second; eclipse 9 seconds, year round on Chart:3680 94 m above the water. It was always an automated (unmanned) light.

The Solander Island Ecological Reserve was established May 4, 1971. It is located on an island off the Western extremity of the Brooks Peninsula, between Kyuquot and Quatsino Sounds. The primary role of Solander Island Ecological Reserve is to protect the habitat of breeding populations of numerous species of seabirds, many of which are rare and endangered. The ecological reserve comprises an irregularly shaped, steep–sided island with associated offshore rocks and reefs that is encompassed entirely in Brooks Peninsula Park. This small eight–hectare island provides habitat for globally and nationally significant populations of burrow–nesting seabirds including Leach’s storm petrel, Cassin’s auklet, tufted puffin, pelagic cormorant, glaucous–winged gull, and pigeon guillemot. It has the second largest tufted puffin colony and pelagic cormorant colony, as well as the third largest Leach’s storm petrel colony, on the British Columbia coast.

Provan, Captain Alec and John MacFarlane (2016) Solander Island Light. Nauticapedia.ca 2016. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Light_SolanderIsland.php