This lighthouse was recently featured in a Bing.com Image of the Day. Though from many angles it looks remote and isolated, it's actually just a few minutes from downtown Victoria, British Columbia. It has history, too; it's the oldest lighthouse in the province.
So, as I usually do, here's where it is: Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse NHS
Also as usual, here is the excerpted Lighthouse Directory entry:
"1860. Active; focal plane 21.5 m (71 ft); white or red light (depending on direction), 2 s on, 2 s off. 14.5 m (48 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern painted red. Tower floodlit at night. Lighthouse attached to the original 2-story brick keeper's house, which is painted bright red. This is the oldest lighthouse in British Columbia and a national historic site. The keeper's house is operated as a lighthouse museum. ... In June 2009 the federal government appropriated $1.56 million to restore the lighthouse. Work was completed in time for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the light in 2010. Located on a small island, connected to the mainland by a causeway, at the western entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, off Ocean Boulevard in Colwood west of Victoria."
A couple more sites about this one:
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada (Parks Canada)'
Fisgard, BC (Lighthouse Friends)
I've got five pictures next. I'm sure there are videos, but finding them shouldn't be hard, so go searching.
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