Comments on: Where did that snow come from!?

By: kari

kari — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:08:08 +0000

that is SOOOO good to know!!! Thanks!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:54:32 +0000

His name is Norby, but he isn’t retired yet. He formally retires this spring – May I think. His original assistant, Ivan, won the competition to be senior keeper at Scarlett Point, up by Port Hardy. The current junior at Cape Beale, Karen, might get promoted, I don’t know.

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:22:03 +0000

I met “knobby” there a couple times on my hikes in. He was great! I believe he’s been retired a few years now (just after my last hike there), and his assistant was promoted. I hope to get out there again this summer for sure, but heard the trail is badly damaged. I’ll pack for an extra night just to be safe!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:01:16 +0000

Cape Beale’s senior keeper is retiring soon, but I don’t think they’re hiring any more keepers now. CCG wants to automate all the lights, so when a keeper retires, either the junior gets promoted, or the senior’s wife (husband) becomes the assistant.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:52:12 +0000

I was really impressed with the setup on Lennard Island when I was there a couple years ago putting in a satellite dish for internet, and an antenna for a wave buoy research project.

By: Kari

Kari — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:17:49 +0000

Oh, Chris – Cape Beale lighthouse! Best lighthouse on earth, and an awesome trail in! My favorite hike on the island! The natural bridge over the small cove is amazing!!!

By: Chris (admin)

Chris (admin) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:53:54 +0000

I want to be a light keeper… but it would have to be somewhere like Quatsino or maybe in the Central Coast :D

By: Chris (admin)

Chris (admin) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:53:04 +0000

Wow awesome. :D

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:27:01 +0000

Well, the 93kt gust was a remark, so the EC types may have disregarded it. But the keeper definitely told us they’d had a 93kt gust!

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:22:17 +0000

Funny, the highest I could find for Estevan Point today was 94km/h and not knots.