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Cape Scott Lighthouse

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tower near the point, and a camp in the woods immediately east of the Guise Bay neck. Connected by a plank and sand road, the facility became operational in February 1943. The contingent of up to 70 military personnel relied upon a weekly supply ship, which offloaded into rowboats for transport to
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was built upon the concrete foundation of the former radar tower with a DCB 36 beacon, and the diesel generators providing electricity were housed in the former operator shack. Three dwellings for keepers were built nearby. In 1981, a new tower was erected with AGA PRB 21 model panels of sealed
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from 1897, but numbers had dwindled by the mid-1910s. The community apparently maintained a stake light and lantern at the cape for a period. However, the practice had long ceased by the time the first official
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was constructed in 1927. This red lantern, fitted to a wooden mast, comprised an unwatched acetylene gas light.
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beams. By 2019, solar panels replaced the diesel generators. Operated by the
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This British Columbia lighthouse-related article is a
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Cape Scott Provincial Park
British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates
50°46′57″N 128°25′38″W / 50.782364°N 128.427346°W / 50.782364; -128.427346
Characteristic
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Danish-Canadian
Cape Scott
navigational aid
World War II
Royal Canadian Air Force
radar
landline
Coal Harbour
Department of National Defence
light tower
Canadian Coast Guard
List of lighthouses in British Columbia
List of lighthouses in Canada
Cape Caution
"Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Cape Scott (cape)"
BC Geographical Names
Paterson & Basque 1999
Paterson & Basque 1999

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