Ivory Island

Ivory Island (52˚17'00" 128˚24'00" Milbanke Sd, NW approach to Seaforth Channel). The first BC lighthouse N of Vancouver I was built at this remote spot in 1898. Few keepers stayed there very long, as the station was exposed to the open Pacific and was badly damaged by tidal waves in 1904 and 1962, and by a violent storm in 1982. It is considered an important site for providing marine weather forecasts, however, and for assisting with search-and-rescue operations, and it was still staffed in...

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