Door Vervolg Clark op 9 Mei, 2008 binnen Voorgekomen | Commentaren weg 
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Een Akte om de Vuurtorens van de Erfenis te beschermen Tot slot Passen
Na acht jaar en vele incarnaties van de rekening, heeft het Parlement van Canada definitief hun gemeenschappen gemachtigd om hun maritieme activa, hun vele vuurtorens te beschermen. Elke provincie behalve Alberta en Saskatchewan heeft vuurtorens, en zij zijn zonder enige federaal verplicht gestelde bescherming geweest aangezien zij geautomatiseerd waren.
De rekening, die oorspronkelijk door het Britse Klopje Carney en recent Nova Scotia van Colombia Senator Michael Forestall wordt gesponsord, ging het Parlement 7 Mei over. MP Larry Miller, whose Ontario riding (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) has several historic lighthouses, carried the bill through the House of Commons. It will take effect in 2010.
By Sue Clark on May 3, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
New Federal Protection For Two Lighthouses
May 9, 2008 - President signs bill designating Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse as an Outstanding Natural Area.
What do two lighthouses on opposite ends of the country have in common? Especially since one has all its parts in place and the other is missing its lantern? Well, they both have been named as Outstanding Natural Areas, and are just awaiting the presidential signature to formalize it. Jupiter Inlet (Florida) and Piedros Blancas (California) Lighthouses will join Yaquina Head Lighthouse with this new designation, which puts them in the same class as a national monument. Lighthouse News reported on the progress last October for Jupiter Inlet (pictured at left). Piedras Blancas was featured here in a story about the return of its lantern.
By Sue Clark on Apr 29, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
Highest Tides in the World One Factor
Situated at the end of Sand Point Beach in the Bay of Fundy at Minas Basin, Five Islands Lighthouse (Nova Scotia) Preservation Society is setting the stage for another move. The lighthouse, last moved in 1996 due to the “highest tides in the world,” is once again sitting perilously close to the edge. However, a bigger determining factor is its location on a private campground. The Society would like to see it moved to public land owned by Colchester County to guarantee future accessibility by the public to this pepper-pot style lighthouse.
By Sue Clark on Apr 28, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
Tchefuncte River Lighthouse Work Begins
After delays caused by the two infamous 2005 hurricanes (Katrina and Rita), restoration work on the land at the Tchefuncte River Rear Range Lighthouse (Madisonville, Louisiana) is underway. Recent plantings of cypress trees by volunteers are the humble beginnings of a project that aims to reduce the erosion and make the light accessible again. The lighthouse has been subjected to erosion over the years, and all that remains of access is a privately owned marshland behind it.
By Sue Clark on Apr 23, 2008 in Featured | Comments Off Print This Post
French Lighthouses Are Disintegrating
Harsh words perhaps, but those are direct quotes from Marc Pointud, the founder of the National Society for the Patrimony of Lighthouses and Signals, as stated in an article today from the Tuscaloosa News. Pointud, an expert in maritime treasures, is sounding the alarm to save at least some of these national treasures from the rot that as overtaken them since lighthouse keepers were put out to pasture. Or sea in this case. Between automation, time and the tolls of weather, rot has set in. The lighthouses are still required by French law, but unfortunately their preservation is not required. All that’s wanted is light that is visible up to 30 miles out to sea. The French, after all, don’t quite trust American GPS.
