Canada To Release Lighthouse Stamps
By Sue Clark on Dec 15, 2007 in News 
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In late December of 2007, the Canadian Post Office will be issuing their Flags series of stamps, featuring five of their lighthouses from different areas of the country. In order from left to right in the above photo, these are the towers that will be featured.
Cap Des Rosiers Lighthouse
Canada’s tallest lighthouse at 112 feet, this station follows the design of the so-called Imperial Towers of Lake Huron. Located in Eastern Quebec, on the Northeast Gaspé Peninsula, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It’s an active aid to navigation, owned by the Canadian Coast Guard and managed by Phare du Cap des Rosiers.
Warren Landing Lower Front Range Light
One of the lesser known lights, the Warren Landing Range Lights are located on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. Very remote, the one featured is one of two sets of range lights on the lake. This one guides sailors into the Nelson River at the northern end of the lake, which ultimately drains into the Hudson Bay.
Pachena Point Lighthouse
Little changed in over a century, this historic lighthouse in Vancouver, Bristish Columbia, is one of the few manned stations left. A pair of two story keepers houses provide lodging for the caretakers, whose duties include bear tracking and trail ranging. Owned and managed by the Coast Guard.
Point Clark Lighthouse
One of the six Imperial Towers built by John Brown on Lake Huron, this one is the most accessible. It is owned by Parks Canada and the museum and grounds are run by the Township of Huron-Kinloss. Located in Point Clark, Ontario, between Kincardine and Goderich. Active aid to navigation, with a white flash every ten seconds.
Sambro Island Lighthouse
One of North America’s oldest operating lighthouses, Sambro Island was recently in the news for its deteriorating condition and the silencing of its foghorn by the Coast Guard. Situated on Sambro Island, about two miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The lightstation took a direct hit from Hurricane Juan in 2003, and restoration efforts are coordinated by the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.
Purchase the Stamps
The stamps and Official First Day Cover will be available at participating post offices, online following the links on the Canada Post Web site or by mail from the National Philatelic Centre. From Canada or the United States, call toll-free 1 800 565-4362; from other countries call 902-863-6550.
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3 Comment(s)
By Dave on Jan 8, 2008 | Reply
With reference to the Pachena point stamp,
One thing to note is that with the angle of the sun (judging by the cast shadows) the only way this pic can work is if it’s an Australian lighthouse or, if it is in fact in the Northern hemisphere in Canada we have to be facing more or less East or North East for the photo – so, judging by the clear ocean horizon, and that fact that Pachena is a BC lighthouse, it’s pretty clear from the stamp that Pachena Point lighthouse can’t be on the West Coast at all, so must be on Vancouver Island’s East coast and we can’t see the coast range. Seems a major error to me – shifting coasts!
By Chris Mills on Jan 8, 2008 | Reply
Pachena Point is indeed on the west coast of Vancouver Island, but the image has been reversed (in order to accomodate the flag in the same position it appears in the other stamps, I assume).
By Sue Clark on Jan 8, 2008 | Reply
Dave: Good eye.
Chris: you are probably correct, in that it was reversed to keep the flag in the same place on the stamp. Known as Governmental Artistic License or something.
Same thing happened with the quarter from Maine. However, the state protested so much that the mint fixed it. They left out one of the sails on the windjammer and steepened the cliffs so much the location wasn’t even recognizable.