As I understand it, a lot of the lighthouses or structures on the east coast are on the mainland, or what we would call mainland, and perhaps close to settlements or communities. On the west coast, many of them that are very substantial structures are on remote islands, with no substantial population base nearby, which creates a little bit of a challenge for a local group taking them over.
But when you talk about other structures, some of the bigger ones, I don't want to underestimate, but I know there are at least two on the west coast trail in my riding--Pachena Point and Cape Beale, adjacent to the trail. They're very substantial structures. They're on Vancouver Island, but there are a number of them that are just offshore on islands that are only accessible by boat or by helipad.
So when you talk about maintaining structures for access, it would be great to have a building maintained out there, but if you don't have a dock or structures to access it, or a helipad or some way to get there safely, it's not going to last long.
I think the inclusion of the other structures is something that does need to be considered for those remote areas. But I brought this up before, and I wonder, has anybody has talked about the possibility of these things becoming revenue generating in terms of having somebody there to maintain a light, but run them as a B and B or something to generate some income?