Point Atkinson Lighthouse 3.53

West Vancouver, BC
Canada

About Point Atkinson Lighthouse

Point Atkinson Lighthouse Point Atkinson Lighthouse is a well known place listed as Landmark in West Vancouver ,

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Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built in 1914 on granite boulders jutting out into Burrard Inlet in West Vancouver, Canada. The reinforced concrete structure replaces an earlier wood structure built in 1875. The concrete structure was considered at the time innovative in lighthouse design. It is now automated and still in use.The Point Atkinson Lighthouse may be reached by hiking the Valley Trail in Lighthouse Park.KeepersEdward Woodward 1874–1877 Robert G. Wellwood 1877–1880 Walter Erwin 1880–1910 Thomas David Grafton 1910–1933 Lawrence Walter Grafton 1933–1935 Ernest Charles Dawe 1935–1961 Gordon Odlum 1961–1976 James Barr 1976–1978 Oscar Edwards 1978–1980 Gerald D. Watson 1980–1996 Donald Graham 1980–1996