Pine Island

Pine Island (50˚59'00" 127˚43'00" N of Nigei I, W entrance to Queen Charlotte Str, NW of Port Hardy). About 40 BC landscape features have the word “pine” in their names, so this one is hardly remarkable. It is a remarkable site, however—the location of one of BC’s most isolated and exposed lighthouse stations, built in 1907. The station was completely destroyed in 1967 by a fierce storm with 185 km/h winds. Keepers Rex and Elizabeth Brown and their two daughters managed to escape with...

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