I just subscribed! I found you on the Reddit AMA, after beginning (again) a search on the requirements of becoming a keeper. I have lived in Michigan for most of my 35 years, isolated for years now (love it) and I've had a fascination with the possibility of becoming a keeper for several years now. I have a cat that I love dearly, so I'm not sure that's allowed so I guess I won't be a keeper any time soon, but maybe I can learn enough to become one in the future. I hope to learn a lot from your channel! Also, as a side note, I am a professional composer. You seem to produce your videos very well and perhaps any BGM is unneeded, but if you're ever looking for someone to provide a nice soundtrack for your future videos, I can cover anything you need. Just reach out! Thanks again for giving us some insight to this lifestyle and opening the door to a big part of your life.
Hey Spence, thanks for showing us around, really a different world to live in, so isolated, yet got all the things you need. 😎 I'm hoping this job will be around for a few more years if I decide to change plans, this could be something I see myself doing.
Here in BC, having these locations in such remote areas is useful for the coast guard and for other agencies in case of an emergency. Also all the sites are heritage sites so they require proper and regular maintence for upkeep. I don't see the job going away any time soon.
Keep them coming. Since I discovered your channel I’m more and more considering looking into lighthouse keepers job when I retire from my current carrier.
Thank you so much. I am super grateful for the number of people who have subbed to the channel and who continue to watch my videos. The vews are pretty spectacular, that is for sure.
Great to see you're doing so well Spence, been watching for a long time :) Would love to see a day in the life sometime maybe? :) Anyway, from the UK, stay safe my man :)
Wow... you get Tetley tea, in a lighthouse... on an island... in Canada 🤯 I always assumed it was just a British thing... 😅 Great video - thanks for sharing your home with us. Greetings from Spain 🍷
Great video Spence! I agree. You can’t complain about that absolutely beautiful view. Awesome house tour. From the basement all the way to the top of the house. Well done. I think it’s really cool how you have a guest room if you want to have company or for when you’re on VK. Looking forward to your next upload.
We are supposed to have the extra rooms for people when they are on site or for others when we are off site. Some stations will have a third house, called a crew house for people to stay in when work is being done on site but since Boat Bluff is so small, there is no third house so if we have people on site for days, then they need to stay with us in our houses. It is like having guests who are complete strangers living with you. haha. That does not happen very often tho. Nice to have a guest room just in case tho.
Well done on the 3000+ subs! Great video. Are you the Principal Keeper now? The poor lighthouse keepers in the UK and Ireland on rock stations who did 56 day stints plus (if the weather was bad), living in a tower with one communal bedroom, one kitchen, a bucket for a toilet and no outside area , eating month old cooked meat, would have got on their knees and wept if they had been given accommodation like yours! Great video and great scenery. I live on lovely Vancouver Island and wake up to similar views.
Yes, I totally agree that what we have here is amazing and I am so grateful for the job and for everything I am provided with each day. I can't imagine what Keepers had to go thorugh 50 to 100 years ago and more. We have it really really good, monthly fresh goods, high speed internet, access to days off when we need it. You have no idea how much I appreciate what I get to do.
Hey Spence. Do you ever see the blue and white Alaska ferries pass through? I think that is the route they use? What are some of the coolest ships you've seen?
Yes the Alaska ferry does go by regular, this is their standard route, and the BC ferries. In the summer the BC ferry goes by so close that you can actually see facial expressions of people on deck from my living room window. There is a lot of traffic that goes by and some pretty interesting stuff for sure. When I see real interesting things I will usually post it on my instagram or my Facebook. There have been full container ships, oil tankers, huge cruise ships and more that have gone by, the bigger, the more impressive it feels having them go by.
This is a silly question but do you have roads in and out or a boat? How do you get supplies? What would you do in case of am emergency and are family or friends allowed to visit?
There are a few other videos on my channel that do go deeper into some of these questions. You can see Boat Bluff Lighthouse on google maps and see where it is located. There are no roads and a boat is not provided to you so not all lightkeepers are mobile in this way. Supplies are delivered once a month by helicopter and if there is an emergency, we have to call for a helicopter to come and assist. Family can come and visit but it is a really big ordeal and most people aren't too interested in doing what it takes to actually get out here. Several plane rides, hotel stays and a lot of different expenses to just get out this way.
Thanks for the tour When I first started watching your channel I remember you were hoping your girl friend would join you as assistant lighthouse keeper at some time, is this still on the cards? I noted that you said you only had a single bed. There is plenty of room for all the lighthouse keepers in your house the other house would not seem to be needed. If a lighthouse keeper was married with a couple of children there would be plenty of space.
Let's just say, lighthouse life is not for everyone and leave it there. lol. The houses were all originally constructed with families in mind as that was the culture back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. All the stations have homes big enough for families but not many stations even have couples on them. Mostly single people.
Is there something that is apparently wrong with the house? I seriously doubt there will be much investment in the house or other buildings, unless they are structurally worthy of being condemned. It's extremely expensive to get stuff shipped up to that remote location, and then it's a challenge to manipulate it between ship and shore. They appear in fine shape to my eye, based on what the video footage reveals, at least. Going forward, for new installations, using sea cans isn't a bad idea. Makes the whole shipping part of it a lot easier, just ship the whole package in itself, empty out and set-up at destination.
@@stanpatterson5033 The structure looks a tad bit weathered but I can actually see your point. You can also convert shipping containers directly into housing using modular construction 🏗️ materials and methods.
Boat Bluff is actually in really good shape compared to some other sites. We don't get a lot of bad weather for the most part and structures are really quite sound. The houses do get new paint every few years and the vinyl siding is not that old either. They would upgrade the house long before tearing it down, that is for certain. There are tons of logistics involved when it comes to supplies and what to do with them. Here there really is not a lot of aditional space other than the boat deck. You can't put stuff on the helipad and there is little to no viable lawn that can be used. Also the boat deck is 6 to 7 meters from the water so getting things from the water to the deck can be a challenge as well, especially since the derrick can only move 1000 lbs at a time. Things can be slinged to the station using a helicopter if needed but all of these are really really costly to do and so budget is always a question as well. There won't be any huge construction at Boat Bluff for many many years and the last one was 20 years ago I believe when they put in a new helipad and did all the wooden decks around the houses and the stairway. The solar panels was a big job about 7 years ago but most of the materials for that was not too much to have around.
You have a lot of computers all over, and obviously you upload to RUclips... how does the light station get Internet access? Do you just use cell phones?
I love your question and I am going to be honest, this questions actually deserves a full episode. I will put some planning into place to film something. Thanks!!!
I know not everyone deals with isolation the same but I have no problems with it at all. I enjoy the quiet time, I am always busy, I have many cars to build and books to read. Honest, I am pretty happy with all of it.
Love watching your channel. Thank you and keep them coming, peace and blessings.
Glad you enjoyed, thank you so much for watching!
Congratulations 🎉!
Thank you very much.
Very cool! Well done
Thanks.
I just subscribed! I found you on the Reddit AMA, after beginning (again) a search on the requirements of becoming a keeper. I have lived in Michigan for most of my 35 years, isolated for years now (love it) and I've had a fascination with the possibility of becoming a keeper for several years now. I have a cat that I love dearly, so I'm not sure that's allowed so I guess I won't be a keeper any time soon, but maybe I can learn enough to become one in the future. I hope to learn a lot from your channel!
Also, as a side note, I am a professional composer. You seem to produce your videos very well and perhaps any BGM is unneeded, but if you're ever looking for someone to provide a nice soundtrack for your future videos, I can cover anything you need. Just reach out!
Thanks again for giving us some insight to this lifestyle and opening the door to a big part of your life.
Hey Spence, thanks for showing us around, really a different world to live in, so isolated, yet got all the things you need. 😎
I'm hoping this job will be around for a few more years if I decide to change plans, this could be something I see myself doing.
Here in BC, having these locations in such remote areas is useful for the coast guard and for other agencies in case of an emergency. Also all the sites are heritage sites so they require proper and regular maintence for upkeep. I don't see the job going away any time soon.
Glad to see the best Star Trek series on the TV
Ah Netflix, choosing the good ones. lol
Keep them coming. Since I discovered your channel I’m more and more considering looking into lighthouse keepers job when I retire from my current carrier.
Totally worth the gig, for sure. Good luck to your future endeavour.
I would give anything for those views you got, I really enjoyed the tour! Thanks for the video and congratulations on 3000 subs!! 🎉
Thank you so much. I am super grateful for the number of people who have subbed to the channel and who continue to watch my videos. The vews are pretty spectacular, that is for sure.
From relief to the main keeper, congrats on that and the 3k subs!
Appreciate it greatly! Thank you very much.
Awesome! Love all the videos. Thanks for them all and giving me an excuse to take a break from my work!
Anything I can do to help with the procrastination!!! haha. Enjoy the vid!
Great to see you're doing so well Spence, been watching for a long time :) Would love to see a day in the life sometime maybe? :) Anyway, from the UK, stay safe my man :)
I completely agree a new day in the life needs to be done. I watch the old one and I kind of cringe. haha.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper nothing to cringe about mate, think of it more as how much you've grown :)
SUPER INTERESTING!!!! Really enjoyed getting to learn about what it’s like to live where you’re staying, found it very calming too lol 😂
Glad you enjoyed the tour!!!
Beautiful place, man! Thanks for the video! 😊
Thanks! You do get used to it but even after 4 years here, I still think it is quite beautiful.
Great video Spence, a fabulous insight into the life of a lighthouse keeper. So many of us would love the chance to do your job.
It is a pretty fabulous job, not going to lie.
Wow... you get Tetley tea, in a lighthouse... on an island... in Canada 🤯 I always assumed it was just a British thing... 😅 Great video - thanks for sharing your home with us. Greetings from Spain 🍷
I like to have a cup of tea from time to time. I do also have tons of different herbal teas around as well. Never know what you might fancy.
probably the most popular brand in Canada
This is just awesome you have a lot of commodity :)
I am sure i could store many years worth of things here if I had to. haha.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper Indeed and a beautifull place too :)
Congrats on 3000 subs! 🎉 Fantastic tour, too, really enjoyed it!! ✨
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video Spence! I agree. You can’t complain about that absolutely beautiful view. Awesome house tour. From the basement all the way to the top of the house. Well done. I think it’s really cool how you have a guest room if you want to have company or for when you’re on VK. Looking forward to your next upload.
We are supposed to have the extra rooms for people when they are on site or for others when we are off site. Some stations will have a third house, called a crew house for people to stay in when work is being done on site but since Boat Bluff is so small, there is no third house so if we have people on site for days, then they need to stay with us in our houses. It is like having guests who are complete strangers living with you. haha. That does not happen very often tho. Nice to have a guest room just in case tho.
Congrats my friend, on 3K subs! 👏
So funny to be on the other side of things now…the McInnes side, haha! 😄
Thank you so much. I would love to see more of McInnes. From the snippits I have seen it looks amazing.
3k subs, woww congrats
Thank you very much.
nice :)
Thanks!!
Well done on the 3000+ subs! Great video. Are you the Principal Keeper now? The poor lighthouse keepers in the UK and Ireland on rock stations who did 56 day stints plus (if the weather was bad), living in a tower with one communal bedroom, one kitchen, a bucket for a toilet and no outside area , eating month old cooked meat, would have got on their knees and wept if they had been given accommodation like yours! Great video and great scenery. I live on lovely Vancouver Island and wake up to similar views.
Yes, I totally agree that what we have here is amazing and I am so grateful for the job and for everything I am provided with each day. I can't imagine what Keepers had to go thorugh 50 to 100 years ago and more. We have it really really good, monthly fresh goods, high speed internet, access to days off when we need it. You have no idea how much I appreciate what I get to do.
Hey Spence. Do you ever see the blue and white Alaska ferries pass through? I think that is the route they use? What are some of the coolest ships you've seen?
Yes the Alaska ferry does go by regular, this is their standard route, and the BC ferries. In the summer the BC ferry goes by so close that you can actually see facial expressions of people on deck from my living room window. There is a lot of traffic that goes by and some pretty interesting stuff for sure. When I see real interesting things I will usually post it on my instagram or my Facebook. There have been full container ships, oil tankers, huge cruise ships and more that have gone by, the bigger, the more impressive it feels having them go by.
This is a silly question but do you have roads in and out or a boat? How do you get supplies? What would you do in case of am emergency and are family or friends allowed to visit?
There are a few other videos on my channel that do go deeper into some of these questions. You can see Boat Bluff Lighthouse on google maps and see where it is located. There are no roads and a boat is not provided to you so not all lightkeepers are mobile in this way. Supplies are delivered once a month by helicopter and if there is an emergency, we have to call for a helicopter to come and assist. Family can come and visit but it is a really big ordeal and most people aren't too interested in doing what it takes to actually get out here. Several plane rides, hotel stays and a lot of different expenses to just get out this way.
Thanks for the tour When I first started watching your channel I remember you were hoping your girl friend would join you as assistant lighthouse keeper at some time, is this still on the cards?
I noted that you said you only had a single bed.
There is plenty of room for all the lighthouse keepers in your house the other house would not seem to be needed.
If a lighthouse keeper was married with a couple of children there would be plenty of space.
Let's just say, lighthouse life is not for everyone and leave it there. lol.
The houses were all originally constructed with families in mind as that was the culture back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. All the stations have homes big enough for families but not many stations even have couples on them. Mostly single people.
Great video Spence !!! They should use shipping containers when it's time to rebuild the house which from the looks of it that day may be coming soon.
Is there something that is apparently wrong with the house? I seriously doubt there will be much investment in the house or other buildings, unless they are structurally worthy of being condemned. It's extremely expensive to get stuff shipped up to that remote location, and then it's a challenge to manipulate it between ship and shore. They appear in fine shape to my eye, based on what the video footage reveals, at least.
Going forward, for new installations, using sea cans isn't a bad idea. Makes the whole shipping part of it a lot easier, just ship the whole package in itself, empty out and set-up at destination.
@@stanpatterson5033 The structure looks a tad bit weathered but I can actually see your point. You can also convert shipping containers directly into housing using modular construction 🏗️ materials and methods.
Boat Bluff is actually in really good shape compared to some other sites. We don't get a lot of bad weather for the most part and structures are really quite sound. The houses do get new paint every few years and the vinyl siding is not that old either. They would upgrade the house long before tearing it down, that is for certain.
There are tons of logistics involved when it comes to supplies and what to do with them. Here there really is not a lot of aditional space other than the boat deck. You can't put stuff on the helipad and there is little to no viable lawn that can be used. Also the boat deck is 6 to 7 meters from the water so getting things from the water to the deck can be a challenge as well, especially since the derrick can only move 1000 lbs at a time. Things can be slinged to the station using a helicopter if needed but all of these are really really costly to do and so budget is always a question as well. There won't be any huge construction at Boat Bluff for many many years and the last one was 20 years ago I believe when they put in a new helipad and did all the wooden decks around the houses and the stairway. The solar panels was a big job about 7 years ago but most of the materials for that was not too much to have around.
PANCIT CANTON!!!!!!
HELL YEAH! Like a years supply I hope! haha. Unlikely but would be nice.
You have a lot of computers all over, and obviously you upload to RUclips... how does the light station get Internet access? Do you just use cell phones?
I love your question and I am going to be honest, this questions actually deserves a full episode. I will put some planning into place to film something. Thanks!!!
Love the view But do you find it lonely i only ask because you seem so content
I know not everyone deals with isolation the same but I have no problems with it at all. I enjoy the quiet time, I am always busy, I have many cars to build and books to read. Honest, I am pretty happy with all of it.