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Cape Beale Light is an active staffed lighthouse on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, marking the entrance to Barkley Sound. First established in 1874, the station’s present 1958 tower is 10 metres tall, with a focal plane 51 metres above sea level. The site is tied to the nearby West Coast Trail and is remembered for a 1906 rescue, when Minnie Paterson helped save everyone aboard the disabled barque Coloma during a severe storm. Cape Beale Light also supported science from 1971 to 1998 through daily coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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