A former lightkeeper says the incident shows the importance of staffed lightstations
An early-morning outage of the main radio channel for ships off B.C.’s south coast during heavy fog on Wednesday shows why the coast guard should ditch plans to destaff lightstations, a former lightkeeper says.
The coast guard, which announced the move in July, said in a statement this week that it will likely take several years before the long-term future of the two lightstations — including whether they will be staffed again — is decided. Once the lightkeepers are relocated, “we will work with DFO, which manages the buildings, and the Nations on the future of the sites; this is likely to take several years,” Westnedge said.
The destaffing announcement came as a surprise to local governments, First Nations, hikers, mariners, MPs and the lightkeepers. He said 1,000-gallon fuel tanks at the stations and the fuel lines used to refill tanks from a supply vessel are being taken out, as is other equipment. Lumber has already been delivered to stations to build moving crates.
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