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Light Hearted ep 104 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC

Light Hearted ep 104 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC

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Jim Bruton was born in Wales in 1926, but his family relocated to British Columbia in Canada when he was just one year old. He started working in the logging industry when he was 14. After serving as a merchant seaman during World War II, in 1945 Bruton became an assistant keeper, or junior keeper, at Lennard Island Lightstation, off the west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino.

Jim and Evelyn Bruton,
courtesy of Elanie Bruton.

After a brief time at Lennard Island, Jim Bruton left the lighthouse service for a while and returned in the logging industry. In 1951 he met and married Evelyn Stockman from Edmonton. Evelyn had no idea she would spend nearly 30 years at lighthouses. Jim returned to light keeping in 1958 as a junior keeper at Discovery Island. After a year and a half as junior keeper at Discovery Island, he was the principal keeper at Chrome Island off the east coast of Vancouver Island for four years. He then returned to Lennard Island from 1964 to 1968.

Sheringham Point Lighthouse, BC. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
At a ceremony on March 20, 2016, a plaque signifying Sheringham Point Lighthouse as a Canadian Heritage Lighthouse was dedicated. The heritage plaque was unveiled by retired Senator Pat Carney (left) and Elanie Bruton (right).
Courtesy of the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society.
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