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Sisters Islets Light
by John MacFarlane 2016 (Revised 2019)
Canada Post Commemorative Postage Stamp Honoring Sisters Islet Light (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
Sisters Islets Light (List of Lights 493 G5529) is located on the easterly and largest rock in the group West of Stevens Passage and Lasqueti Island, Nanaimo Land District. It is a white cylindrical tower among buildings that have been abandoned.
Sisters Islets Light (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
The origin of the name of the Sisters Islets is not known.
Sisters Islets Light (Photo from the Captain Alec Provan collection. )
References: https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/list-livre/pac/p2652-en.php; http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/21411.html;
In 2019 Blake Logan sent me images of the early days at Sisters Island Light to be shared with readers of The Nauticapedia.
Sisters Islets Light in the 1930s (Photo from the Blake Logan collection. )
The Keeper’s House at Sisters Islets Light (Photo from the Blake Logan collection. )
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MacFarlane, John M. (2016 revised 2019) Sisters Islets Light. Nauticapedia.ca 2016. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Light_SistersIslets.php
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