Chrome Island Lighthouse is a light station established in 1891 that assists traffic in the region of Deep Bay, British Columbia, Denman Island, and Hornby Island. It is currently a staffed station, though in recent years the Canadian Coast Guard has considered automating it.
Along with electronic navigational aids, the five-second-flash lighthouse is about above water level (depending on tides). The station has a helicopter landing deck and rescue boat.
The light is one of the 12 locations of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, and has collected coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans since 1961.
Keepers Tom H. Piercy 1891–1898 William McDonagh 1898–1901 Walter Gordon 1901–1906 John Doney 1906–1914 James Fredrick Street 1914–1917 Albert Doney 1917–1919 Daniel O'Brien 1919–1922 G. Allan Couldery 1922–1939 Eugene Alexander Moden 1939–1953 Oscar Edwards 1953–1957 D.P. Gardner 1957–1960 Jim W. Bruton 1960–1964 William Edward Gardiner 1964–1977 Maurice Collette 1977–1979 Gerald Watson 1979–1980 Terrance Stewart 1980–1985 Charles Thomson 1986–1997 Barry Shaw 1997–1998 Charles Thomson 1998–2007 Roger Williamson 2007–presentChrome Island B.C. Lighthouse Friends
See also List of lighthouses in British Columbia List of lighthouses in Canada
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Chrome Island Light Lighthousefriends.com Lighthouses of British Columbia Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard