Race Rocks

RACE ROCKS, the most southerly point in western Canada, is a jumble of tiny islets in JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT off the southern tip of VANCOUVER ISLAND. A danger to mariners, they have been the scene of numerous shipwrecks and claimed many lives over the years. The second LIGHTHOUSE on the coast was built on Great Race Rock in 1860. The rocks attract a large number of seabirds and SEA LIONS and have been declared an ECOLOGICAL RESERVE. When the lighthouse was automated in 1996 the buildings were...

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