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Fisgard was the first permanent lighthouse on Canada’s Pacific coast, erected in 1859-60 by the British and Colonial Governments to guide mariners into Esquimalt Harbour. Its lantern was brought from England with the first lightkeeper and became operational on November 16, 1860. In 1928 it was made automatic. Captain G. H. Richards, R. N., recommended this site on the island named for H.M.S. FISGARD, which was on station in the Pacific from 1844 to 1847.
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