Erwin Point

Erwin Point (49˚21'00" 123˚16'00" E entrance to Howe Sd, N of Point Atkinson, NW of Vancouver). Walter Erwin (1853–1921), from Ont, was the third lighthouse keeper at Point Atkinson, arriving in 1880 with his wife, Jane Ternan (1845–1915). They had previously lived at Moodyville. It was on his watch that the station’s first foghorn was installed, about 1889. He manned the lighthouse for 30 years, becoming firmly associated with it in the public mind. After ill health forced him to...

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