Chrome Island Lighthouse

Chrome Island Lighthouse, on the British Columbia coast, has guided marine traffic around Deep Bay, Denman Island, and Hornby Island since 1891. Still staffed despite periodic consideration of automation, it works with electronic navigational aids and maintains a light flashing every five seconds from about 21 metres above the water. The station also supports maritime safety with a helicopter landing deck and rescue boat. Its long line of resident keepers began with Tom H. Piercy and continued into the 21st century. Since 1961, it has also served as a British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program site, gathering coastal water temperature and salinity data.