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Sheringham Point, BC |
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Description:
Sheringham Point Lighthouse was activated in 1912 with Eustace Arden as the first keeper. Arden had a lengthy, thirty-four-year career at the point, serving until 1946.
The third-order Fresnel lens originally used in the lighthouse was removed in 1976 and is now located at the Sooke Region Museum, where a panel of it can be viewed by appointment. The lighthouse is now automated, and the keeper's dwelling has been removed. The Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed in 2004 to work for the preservation of the tower and the creation of a public park on the surrounding property. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) completed a land swap in early 2008 with a neighboring landowner to help make the park possible. Now, the property needs to be declared surplus by the DFO so it can be transferred to the preservation society so that work on the park can begin.
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1 Purchase prints and gifts featuring photographs on this page Location: Located at Sheringham Point in Shirley, along the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. Latitude: 48.3768 Longitude: -123.921 For a larger map of Sheringham Point Lighthouse, click the lighthouse in the above map or get a map from: Mapquest. Travel Instructions: Take Highway 1 west from Victoria for roughly 10km (6 miles), and then take Exit 14 and travel on Highway 14 to the town of Sooke. Continue on Highway 14, also known as West Coast Road at this point, for 18.5km (11.6 miles), and then turn left onto Sheringham Point Road. The Sheringham Point Lighthouse is accessible via a trail from a parking area at the end of the 1.8-km-long road. A chain link fence surrounds the lighthouse property, but decent views of the tower can still be had from the adjacent land. The lighthouse is owned by the Canadian Coast Guard. Grounds open, tower closed. Find the closest hotels to Sheringham Point Lighthouse Notes from a friend: Kraig writes:During a visit to Sheringham Point in 2009, the property just east of the lighthouse had clearly just been divided into oceanfront home sites. I did a little research after returning home and found that the development, not surprisingly, is known as Sheringham Point. Also, not surprisingly, my dream lot near the lighthouse is no longer available, but it was only just that - a dream. See our List of Lighthouses in British Columbia Canada |
