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Public Notice

Addenbroke Island Telecommunications Tower Install – Public Comments Invited

January 7, 2026 – The Canadian Coast Guard must determine whether the proposed Telecommunications Tower project, located at the Addenbroke Island Lightstation is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, the Canadian Coast Guard is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.

Written comments must be submitted by February 6, 2026 to:

Jordan Grootendorst
25 Huron Street, Victoria B.C.
(236) 464-3649
Jordan.grootendorst@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

 

The Proposed Project

The Canadian Coast Guard is planning to construct a new radio communications tower at the Addenbroke Island lightstation with the objective of increasing the range of marine communications along the entrance to the inside passage and the B.C. central coast. the entirety of the project will be conducted by CCG work crews and accessed via Helicopter. A barge will be located nearby carrying the required equipment, resources  ant tower components. Helicopter support will be utilised to transport materials (i.e. forming supplies, concrete, tower components etc...) from the barge to the site. Soil disturbance will be required to construct a foundation for the tower, however no tree limbing or falling is required.  the footprint for the project will not exceed 10 square meters and will be within a previously disturbed environment in close proximity to the existing lightstation buildings.

 

The project will be conducted at the Addenbroke Island lightstation. Addenbroke island is a remote island located approximately 25 km north of the southern entrance of the inside passage. The island lies within the Coastal Western Hemlock very wet hyper maritime biogeoclimatic zone where high annual rainfall is characteristic, and forest composition predominantly consists of hemlock and cedar.

 

Activities associated with the project will include:

• Helicopter activity including long line slinging
• Tug and Barge Anchoring
• Soil excavation and removal
• Steel framed lattice tower construction
• Concrete mixing and pouring