Egg Island

Egg Island (51˚15'00" 127˚50'00" S entrance to Smith Sd, S of Rivers Inlet). This isolated island is named for its prominent, rounded shape. A lighthouse was built here in 1898 to warn marine traffic headed to and from the Inside Passage of the deadly rocks of Smith Sd. It was a dangerous place to be stationed. Two replacement lighthouse keepers, Dan MacDonald and Jimmy Flewin, disappeared from Egg I in 1934, probably drowned while fishing. Their bodies were never found. In 1948 a tremendous...

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