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Problems with downloading lighthouses

Posted Sun, 2011-06-12 19:11
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2011-06-12
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Reporter: Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

Recent comments from a local municipal council illustrate the problems which could result from the federal government’s ill-advised decision to declare some lighthouses, marine beacons and other signals surplus.
Last year, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans declared 25 active and 10 inactive lights in the Strait area surplus to their needs following the passing of the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act.

Rage against the dying of the light

Posted Mon, 2011-02-21 18:27
Date Published: 
2011-02-21
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The Telegram: St John's NFLD

Canadians want to protect their iconic lighthouses. These landmarks bring alive our past, aid our boats and aircraft in the present, and could enhance our community life and regional revenues in the future. But how to preserve them?

About 50 lighthouses still employ on-site lightkeepers, and the Canadian Coast Guard has no present plans to do away with them.

Feds' lighthouse sell-off program hits dark patch

Posted Fri, 2010-12-24 09:28
Date Published: 
2010-12-23
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Postmedia News

The federal government has been preparing to sell almost 1,000 lighthouses peppered across the country.

But many of those beacons aren't the government's to sell, says the group overseeing operations on an island in British Columbia where one of those lighthouses sits.

At issue is who holds the rights to the land — the respective provinces or the federal government.

The lighthouse at Race Rocks is located one nautical mile below the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island, and was built by the Royal Navy in 1860.

Lighthouses top Heritage Canada endangered list

Posted Fri, 2010-08-13 08:19
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2010-08-11
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Montreal Gazette

The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) on Wednesday released lists of the top endangered and lost architectural and heritage sites across the country, in hopes of bringing attention to the fight for preservation.

The list of endangered places, compiled using nominations and news coverage, includes Canada's lighthouses. The government earlier this year deemed nearly 1,000 lighthouses surplus, meaning the iconic structures could be replaced with simpler structures that are easier to maintain.

Harper's Canada apparently doesn't include lighthouses

Posted Sun, 2010-07-18 21:11
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2010-07-17
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Kingston Whig Standard: Letter to the Editor

"FOR SALE -- Historic Canadian lighthouse. Located on the scenic headlands of a remote island. Breathtaking sunsets, thundering surf, secluded beaches. All this and more, yours for the asking." If the Harper Conservatives have their way, this may well be the ad that appears in Vacation Properties For Sale publications across Canada and the U.S.A. in the very near future.

1000 Canadian lighthouses declared surplus

Posted Wed, 2010-06-30 20:56
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2010-06-26
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Susan Munroe: Canada Online

It came as a bit of surprise when the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DF0) published a list of nearly 1000 Canadian lighthouses, both active and inactive, that it considers surplus property. The lighthouses on the list are those that DFO says "could be replaced with simpler structures whose operation and maintenance would be more cost-effective" and also former lighthouses that are no longer part of Canada's aids to navigation system.