History of Race Rocks.

The First Nations at Race Rocks: History and Prehistory	First Nations Burial Cairns at Race Rocks	History from Archives: 1890s to 1970s	The Lightkeepers of Race Rocks: 1860-1997
This file has a video and images of some of the demolition of historic structures which were on the island.	The History of the Lights at Race Rocks	History of the foghorn at Race Rocks	Francis G.Clements writes of his stay at the Race Rocks Port War Signal Station in 1939
Heritage Designation and Protection	Historic Artifacts of the Light Station	History of Communications from Race Rocks	The Lighthouse tower at Race Rocks (Imperial Light) .
See this file on the Lantern room of the Race Rocks tower	Historical markers & border monument.. Update with new Archival History	Bricks from the original engine room and buildings.	The original engine room and artifacts
Our file of the Shipwrecks of the Area	Archival Records on RR from the British Colonist	Archival Lighthouse reports	Trev and Flo Anderson: lighkeepers at Race Rocks and their early relationship with Pearson College
Contemporary History: Lightkeepers, 1975-1997	The Race Rocks Ecological Reserve History	Marine Protected Area Designation	History and background on Integrated Energy at Race Rocks.
History of development of the internet for racerocks.com	Archival record of Earthquake report at Race Rocks in 1872

Weekly Census

The Pearson students helped out by counting areas of the North, East and Western corners this morning. Sea lion numbers reconfirmed later in the day as many of the mammals flushed during the morning returned to haul out.

Mammals

Steller Sea Lion: 318

California Sea Lion: 223

Harbour seal: 9

Birds

Seagull: 267

Cormorant: 396

Oster catcher: 7

Surfbird: 12

Turnstone: 22

Bald eagle: 3 (1 juvenile)

Canada goose: 15

: The cormorants are still around in force! A few of them decided to go for an afternoon adventure amidst the rough seas.

: The spotted the juvenile eagle with a fresh catch, wary of the gulls hovering above.

: The gaggle has grown! I’ve counted a total of 15 geese today, up from the 11 that have been around since my arrival.

: My wonderful counting assistants and spaghetti chefs on their way back to the college

Race Rocks Ecological Reserve-

marine ecology educational resource, remote-control webcams,elephant seal colony,Sea lion haulout,sustainable energy, solar energy

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