Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.

Estevan Point is a lighthouse located on the headland of the same name on the Hesquiat Peninsula on the west coast of Vancouver Island Canada. During the Second World War in 1942 the Estevan Point lighthouse was attacked by a Japanese submarine marking the first enemy attack on Canadian soil since the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1871. This attack on Estevan Point Lighthouse was followed by Japanese balloon bomb (Fire balloon) attacks in 1944-45.

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