There was some controversy in the early years of 2000 that the granite of Race Rocks did not come from England , but was quarried locally. This report sheds great doubt on that theory, from which was floated by some of the historians associated with Fisgard Island. 

This may be evidence that the grey granite of Race Rocks lighthouse was probably not quarried locally as this report was 21 years after Race Rocks was constructed. So it is quite obvious that the granite must have been shipped from England as is generally accepted. .