The Remains of Cape St. James Lighthouse and Radio/Weather Station – filmed July 24, 2006
Automated on September 01, 1992, the videos below show all that remains of a lighthouse after automation, plus a nice view around the coastline. This was a thriving community of lighthouse keepers, radio operators, weather observers, and their families.
Note the complete lack of a lighthouse (originally with a 3rd order fresnel lens) and ancillary buildings. In the second and third videos note the automated equipment with solar panels and control building. No lighthouse, no people, no problem . . . until it quits, during a week-long storm, and helicopters cannot fly!
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ua6rMh02l0
Part 2
Was back on St. James Sept 2009, shocked at the overgrown state. scrambled ashore where my dock once was, exactly
17 years to the month, day and HOUR that I left with my last crew and the station cat, “Black Tuesday,” Sept 1, 92.
You can’t go home again…
You are right about that Jim – once CG has destroyed it, it costs too much to rebuild. You are probably familiar with a couple of other lighthouse similarly “automated” – Lucy Island and Lawyer Islands up near Prince Rupert.