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Amphitrite Point Lighthouse stands at the south end of the Ucluelet Peninsula on Vancouver Island’s west coast and remains the only active automobile-accessible lighthouse in the Tofino-Ucluelet area. The first wooden tower, built in 1906, was destroyed by severe Pacific weather in 1914, and the current concrete lighthouse opened in March 1915. Its sturdy, unusual form reflects a site battered by gale-force winds, tidal surges, and tsunami risk. Staffed by Canadian Coast Guard keepers until automation in 1988, it still serves navigation and also supports long-running oceanographic measurements that show steadily warming coastal waters.
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