A History of British Columbia's Lighthouses and Their Keepers
Soft Cover

The lighthouse has long been a symbol of hope, of civilization amidst chaos. On Canada's west coast, a great network of manned lighthouses has for over 125 years watched over some of the earth's most magnificent and desolate places, but the lives of the men and women who faced isolation and deprivation to keep the lights burning has never before been told.

Sifting through a century's accumulation of diaries, files and reminiscences, Donald Graham - keeper of Vancouver's famous Point Atkinson Light and a professional historian - has unearthed remarkable stories of heroism, heartbreak, insanity, suicide, starvation, scandel and occasionally, happiness.