Discovery Island Light
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British Columbia
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, Canada
Canada
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. The government appointed Richard Brinn to be the first lighthouse keeper. His daughter Mary Ann Croft assisted him. In 1902 after her father died Mary Ann Croft was officially appointed the lighthouse keeper, when she became the first female lighthouse keeper in Canada. In 1932 Croft retired, and moved to Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
with a pension of $43 a month. She had spent a total of 46 years living on the island. In 1996 the lighthouse was automated after having been manned for 110 years. On September 3, 2004 the foghorn
Foghorn
A foghorn or fog signal or fog bell is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of hazards or boats of the presence of other vehicles in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport...
at the lighthouse was deactivated and removed from the station. Today nobody lives on the island and the lighthouse buildings are deteriorating.
See also
- Discovery Island (British Columbia)
- Discovery Island Marine Provincial ParkDiscovery Island Marine Provincial ParkDiscovery Island Marine Provincial Park is located about two nautical miles east of Oak Bay. It is about a mile long and one-half mile wide and looks out into the Juan de Fuca Strait...
- Captain E.G. BeaumontCaptain E.G. BeaumontIn 1918 Captain Ernest Godfrey Beaumont bought of Discovery Island, British Columbia, Canada. Captain Beaumont and his wife built a house near the centre of the island. He had a yacht named the Discovery Isle which he had had built in Hong Kong in 1930, and which he would use to go to and from...