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Annapolis Royal Light

  • Found in Annapolis Royal, NS
  • Constructed in 1889
  • Still in use today
  • During the summer months, also operates as a tourist information centre

Black Rock Light

  • Found on the South Shore of the Minas Basin
  • Original light built in 1848
  • Today's light is a circular tower with horizontal red daymark stripes

Cape Sharp Light

  • Built in 1886 to warn of Cape Blomidon's rocky headland
  • Today it is a small fog horn building

Cape Spencer Light

  • Located in Red Head, NB, near Saint John
  • Established in 1872

Drews Head Light

  • Located in Beaver Harbour, NB
  • Orginally established in 1875
  • Later replaceed with a modern circular, fiberglass structure

Hampton Light

  • Found in Chute Cove, NS
  • Built in 1911

Horton Bluff Front Range Light

  • Located on the west side of the Avon River in NS
  • Built in 1851 to guide vessels into Avonport

Machias Seal Island Light

  • Although the island is claimed by both Canada and the United States, Machias Seal Island Light is operated by Canadian Coast Guard.
  • The only human residents are the island’s two light keeper’s.

Margaretsville Point Light

  • Established in 1859
  • Set on a small headland projecting into the Bay of Fundy
  • A white wooden structure with on black horizontal band
  • One of the first lighthouses built on Fundy's Nova Scotia coast

Mulholland Light

  • Located on Campobello Island, on the east side of the Lubec Channel
  • Erected in 1885
  • Donated to Roosevelt Campobello International Park in 1985
  • No longer a functioning light station

Musquash Head Light

  • Located in Musquash, NB
  • Established in 1879
  • Altered in 1959
  • Destaffed in 1987
  • Single red band

Quaco Head Light

  • Located in St. Martins, NB
  • Established in 1855
  • Marks the headlands just east of St. Martins
  • Represents the functional design of a square tower attached at the corner to a small square structure

Pea Point Light

  • Original light established in 1878
  • Altered in 1965
  • Today's light is a square tower attached at the corner to a small square building
  • Pea Point Light guides vessels, including the Grand Manan ferry, into Blacks Harbour, NB

Point Lepreau Light

  • Located in Point Lepreau, NB
  • Established in 1831
  • Horizontal red bands
  • Non-accessible as it is located on the grounds of the Point Lepreau Generating Station

Port George Light

  • Built in 1888
  • "Salt and pepper" light
  • Situated between the road and the shoreline off Nova Scotia's Route 362

Prim Point Light

  • Found in Digby, NS on the western entrance of the Digby Gut
  • Guides vessels away from rocky headlands
  • Original lighthouse built in 1817
  • Replaced with present structure in 1870
  • Destaffed in 1987

Saint John Harbour Light

  • Located in Uptown Saint John, NB
  • Situated on the grounds of the Coast Guard Station
  • Contains a fourth order Fresnel lens originally used in the Brier Island Light (NS)

Schafner's Point Light

  • Situated just west of Port Royal, NS
  • Built in 1885 to guide vessels away from nearby shallow waters

Victoria Beach Light

  • Located on the east side on the Digby Gut in Nova Scotia
  • Built in 1901

Wincester Point Light

  • Found in Bear River, NS
  • Built in 1906 to guide schooners safely to the wharves of Bear River, a once important lumber and shipbuilding centre

 

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