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Scarlett Point Lighthouse, on Balaklava Island near Port Hardy, has guided vessels at the entrance to Christie Passage since 1905 and remains an important aid to navigation on a remote, difficult coast. Its first wooden station required constant attendance in isolation, with fog warnings evolving from improvised signals to a fog bell and later a diaphone foghorn. Keepers there sheltered shipwreck survivors and rescued crews from nearby wrecks. The station’s history is closely tied to the Hunt family, especially William Hunt and his son Robert Vivian Hunt, whose lives reflected the hard, year-round demands placed on lighthouse families. The original lighthouse was replaced in 1965 by the present steel tower.
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