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| Plaque at the base of the tower | Historic plaque from the "Royal Canadian Navy..1960" | The tower and a "moonrise" February, 2007 |
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| The underside of the stairs show how each stair and round end forms a continuous part of the central column | Stairs from underneath | Stairs from above. |
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We get many inquiries about the lighthouse being featured on the website of companies selling liquid siding. Contrary to those claims, this was the last time it was painted, |
| Spring 1996: The Race Rocks Lighthouse receives a new coat of paint, and for a few days, a white lighthouse presents a strange new image in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. | The black stripes are painted over the white base. | The freshly painted tower | It was definitely a General Paint product that was used. We have asked these companies to remove the reference, but it keeps reappearing. |
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| The white granite rock which makes up part of the lower two-thirds of the tower. See this file for the question about it's origin | Conduits running up inside the tower to supply electricity and internet to the top. | Environment Canada wind recording instrumentation in the small room underneath the lantern room. | The steps leading to the Lantern room |
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| A stair made of sandstone which must have broken so was never used. | Cut sandstone blocks abandoned in the intertidal area by the docks. One story is that the sandstone for the top third of the tower came from Gabriola Island. | The blocks left here were never used in the tower construction. | See this file with futher pictures of on the deterioration of the tower inside and the Heritge Protection Bill |
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