Fisgard Lighthouse Vancouver Island 7 is a photograph by Bob Christopher which was uploaded on June 28th, 2020.
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Fisgard Lighthouse Vancouver Island 7
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Bob Christopher
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From Wikepedia…
Fisgard Lighthouse and its sister station Race Rocks Light, were constructed in 1859–60, to ease the movement of naval ships into Esquimalt harbour and merchant ships into Victoria Harbour. The light stations were also seen as a significant political and fiduciary commitment on the part of the British government to the Colony of Vancouver Island, partly in response to the American gold miners flooding into the region: some 25,000 arrived in 1858 for the Fraser gold rush.
The cast-iron stairs inside the light tower
Local legend claims that the brick and stone used in construction were sent out from Britain as ballast; in fact local brick yards and quarries supplied these materials,[4] while the lens, lamp apparatus and lantern room were accompanied from England by the first keeper, Mr. George Davies, in 1859. The cast-iron spiral staircase in the tower was made in sections in San Francisco.
Fisgard first showed a light from the tower at sunset on 16 November 1860.
Colonial Governor James Douglas petitioned the British government to build the lighthouse. Captain Richards supported his position. Construction was supervised by Colonial Surveyor and Engineer JD Pemberton. Architects John Wright and Hermann Otto Tiedemann[5] did the design of the lighthouse and the picturesque gothic red brick residence adjoining it.
Permanent steel shutters were added to the landward side of the lantern room some time after 1897, when concussion from the 6-inch guns at newly built Fort Rodd Hill caused cracks to appear in the lantern windows.[4] The last keeper to actually live full-time at Fisgard was George Johnson; Josiah Gosse, Fisgard's final keeper, had permission from the lighthouse authority to live ashore (nearby on Esquimalt Lagoon), and row out to Fisgard every evening.
In the early 1940s, the acetylene lamp in Fisgard's tower was replaced by a battery-powered electric light. In 1950–51, a causeway was built out to Fisgard Island from the foreshore at Fort Rodd Hill by the Canadian Army; this was intended as a military obstacle, but also provided direct access to Fisgard Lighthouse.
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June 28th, 2020
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Comments (3)
Catchavista
Lovely capture! Love the colour of the lighthouse against that sky! Great POV! L/F
Bob Christopher replied:
Hi Catchavista ...Thank you very much for your lovely comment and your compliment on my image. I certainly appreciate your support very much...Cheers Bob
Denise F Fulmer
Beautiful shot! I like the colors of the lighthouse very much! F/L
Bob Christopher replied:
Hi Denise...Thank you very much for your lovely comment and your compliment on my image. I certainly appreciate your support very much...Cheers Bob
Heidi Fickinger
Very nice Bob. Aloha
Bob Christopher replied:
Aloha Heidi... Thank you very much for your continued support and encouragement. I certainly appreciate it very much...Mahalo and Cheers Bob