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Boat Bluff Light

by Captain Alec Provan and John MacFarlane 2016

Boat Bluff Light (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection. )

Boat Bluff Sector Light (List of Lights 640 G5720) is a trapezoidal skeleton tower. It exhibits Flash 4 s; eclipse 1 s. White 291° to 336°; red 336° through N. and E. to 093°; white 093° to 134°. Year round. Chart:3911 Edn 11/11(P11-060).

Boat Bluff Light (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection. )

Boat Bluff is located on the SW end of Sarah Island, just N of Klemtu, Range 3 Coast Land District. The name was adopted 8 July 1948 on C.3734, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1462, 1872 et seq.

Boat Bluff Light (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection. )

Keepers: John William Webster 1932–1934); Tom White 1934–1937); H. Shorson (?–1960); Clayton Ralph Marshall 1966–1967); Ken Wallace 1967–1971); D.L. White 1971–1973); Charles Redhead 1974–1975); P. Brown 1974–1978); Clayton Restall 1979–1980); Dieter Losel 1980–1983); Jim D. Abram 1984–1985); Robert Akerstrom 1985–1987); Larry Douglas 1985–1987); Lance Barrett–Lennard 1987–1988); Andrew Findlay 1988–1996); Frank Dwyer 1996–1998); Mike Higgins (2003–2008); Gerry LaRose (2008–2010); Howard Munn (2010–present 2015).

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_Bluff_lighthouse; http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/28051.html; BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC’s Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office;

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Provan, Captain Alec and John MacFarlane (2016) Boat Bluff Light. Nauticapedia.ca 2016. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Light_Boat_Bluff.php

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