Langara Light

Langara Light, or the Langara Point Lighthouse, stands on a bluff at the northwestern corner of Langara Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Built in 1913, it is one of only two lighthouses in the archipelago and remains staffed. Its original first-order Fresnel lens, made by Chance Brothers of England, is still in service and is among its most notable features. During World War II, the station was painted camouflage green and gained a radar station to watch the North Pacific. Since 1936, it has also served scientific work by recording daily coastal water temperature and salinity as part of British Columbia’s shore station oceanographic program.