Cape Mudge Lighthouse

Lighthouse in British Columbia, Canada

Lighthouse

49°59′54.8″N 125°11′43.9″W / 49.998556°N 125.195528°W / 49.998556; -125.195528TowerConstructed1898 (first)Constructionconcrete towerHeight12 metres (39 ft)Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower, red balcony and lanternOperatorCanadian Coast GuardHeritageheritage lighthouse

LightFirst lit1916 (current)Focal height17.5 metres (57 ft)Range13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)

CharacteristicF WR

Cape Mudge Lighthouse is located on Quadra Island which is off Campbell River, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

Cape Mudge was named by Captain George Vancouver in 1792 after Zachary Mudge, who had served on HMS Discovery, and in 1796 on HMS Providence in this area.^[2]^: 181

Built in 1898, the original lighthouse was a wooden, two-storey building topped with a lantern on the roof. It later served as lighthouse assistant keeper's residence after the current lighthouse opened in 1916 and was demolished after 1949.^[3]

From 1936 to 1985, the Cape Mudge Lighthouse was part of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, collecting coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans everyday for 49 years.^[4]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
^ "Cape Mudge (Quadra Island) Lighthouse".
^ "British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data (Pacific), 1914-present - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca. Treasury Board of Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-11.