Cape Beale Light Station - Roof Replacements

Cape Beale Light station is one of three light house stations operated by the Canadian Coast Guard in the West Coast Trail unit of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The metal roofs of two buildings at the Cape Beale light station need replacement. The buildings are used as residences and accommodation for the light station keepers and other Canadian Coast Guard personal and partners and are essential to maintain the operation of the station. The objective of this work is to maintain and extend the life of the buildings.
Bats have been observed entering and exiting from the roofs of similar structures at another light station along the West Coast Trail (Carmanah). Although there are no reports of bats entering and existing the roofs at Cape Beale Light Station, the light keeper has observed bats in the spring and summer. Furthermore, monitoring programs have detected 8 species of bats including the Federally SARA listed Little Brown Myotis (endangered) and the COSEWIC assessed (endangered) Silver Haired and Hoary Bats at nearby Kicha Lake and Cheewaht Estuary monitoring sites. Potential adverse effects of the project on bats will be assessed through Parks Canada Basic Impact Assessment. 

Latest update

2024-10-13 – The public comment period on the project is closed. Parks Canada is considering comments received to help inform its determination on whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document number Document title File Date
1 New project being assessed by Parks Canada - Public comments invited from 2024-09-13 to 2024-10-13 - September 13, 2024

Contacts

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
PO Box 280
2040 Pacific Rim Highway
Ucluelet, British Columbia V0R 3A0
Telephone: 250-726-3500
Fax: 250-726-3520
Email: pacrim.info@pc.gc.ca


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This map is for illustrative purposes. The markers represent the approximate locations based on available data. More than one marker may be identified for a given assessment.

  • Location

    • Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada (British Columbia)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Building and Property Development

  • Assessment Status

    In progress

  • Start Date

    2024-09-13

  • Proponent

    Parks Canada

  • Authorities

    • Parks Canada Agency

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    88903

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...within 200 kilometres
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