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Cape Beale

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Cape Beale lightstation marks the headlands at the entrance to Barclay Sound and Trevor Channel on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. An extensive and dangerous reef extends half a mile off Cape Beale in every direction. Trevor Channel is a major shipping lane for freighters and tugs that navigate the Alberni Inlet to load forest industry products. Cape Beale conducts water sampling for the Institute of Ocean Sciences.

Province: 
British Columbia
Year Built: 
1874
Staffed: 
Yes

Notable Events

Refurbished 1958
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Principal Lightkeeper

Karen Zacharuk
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Principal Lightkeeper Bio

I have been a lightkeeper since 2001, doing relief keeping until 2003 where I started full time at Scarlett Point before moving to Cape Beale in 2007. I was born and raised in Port Hardy, but have lived in various places. My husband and I purchased a sailboat a few years after high school and lived on it throughout Georgia Strait for eight years. I'm an avid beachcomber and enjoy the arts.

Assistant Lightkeeper

Patti Greenham

Assistant Lightkeeper Bio

I came to lightkeeping in 2009, doing relief at Egg Island, Carmanah, Lennard Island, Trial Island and then Cape Beale. After a 20 year career at a Shellfish Marine Hatchery in Qualicum Beach this is a great new look at the ocean and weather patterns . I love being a Lightkeeper, and feel we are a valuable part of the coastal communities and many users of our reports. I enjoy gardening , crafts, music,birds ,beachwalks with my dog , and keeping the station shipshape.