I decided to head west (in North America) for this week's lighthouse, to British Columbia, which has a few of them. This one happens to be on the northern part of the BC coast. But this one isn't on the Pacific Coast, it's on the inland Strait of Georgia.
It's called, somewhat inelegantly, the Cape Mudge lighthouse. Cape Mudge and the lighthouse are here. It's near the small domicile of Campbell River, but that's not very well-known, so I zoomed the map way out to show the lighthouse location with respect to Vancouver Island.
Here's what the Lighthouse Directory says, short and basically simple.
"1916 (station established 1898). Active; focal plane 17.5 m (58 ft); continuous red or white light, depending on direction, with a more intense flash every 5 s. 12 m (40 ft) octagonal concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern and gallery painted red. Fog horn (3 s blast every 30 s). Staffed light station with two 2-story red-roofed keeper's houses and other buildings. ... The lighthouse marks the entrance from the broad Strait of Georgia to the Discovery Passage, the first narrow section of the Inside Passage. Located in Cape Mudge Village at the southern end of Quadra Island."
Another website: Cape Mudge (Quadra Island), BC (Lighthouse Friends)
As would be expected, pictures and a video are below.
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