Sheringham Point Light

Sheringham Point Light, on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, was built in 1912 after the 1906 Valencia wreck exposed the need for better navigation along this dangerous coast. An active light that long protected shipping tied to logging, mining, and canneries, it is notable for its reinforced-concrete hexagonal tower with flared buttresses, associated with the lighthouse engineering of William P. Anderson. The station later gained a foghorn, was automated in 1989, and also supported oceanographic measurements. In the 21st century, community stewardship preserved the largely intact lighthouse, which reopened to the public in 2016.

British Columbia · Canada