Georges Island Lighthouse

Lighthouse

44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W / 44.640658°N 63.560353°W / 44.640658; -63.560353TowerConstructed1876 (first)
1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916Constructionconcrete towerAutomated1972Height16 metres (52 ft)Shapeoctagonal truncated prism with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red domeOperatorParks Canada^[2]Fog signal3s. blast every 30s.LightFirst lit1919 (current)Focal height17.5 metres (57 ft)Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)^[1]CharacteristicF W

Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 on Georges Island in Nova Scotia, replacing an earlier tower built in 1876. The light-keeper's house remains standing a few hundred feet to the north.^[3] The lighthouse is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.

History

The lighthouse was automated in 1972, and in 2005 the foghorn was decommissioned.

In the summer of 2006 the lighthouse was used by the U.S. Navy in training exercises.^{[citation needed]}

List of lighthouse keepers

1876–1920 Ross, Robert
1920–1946 Nolan, W.H.
1921 Ross, S.
1921 Ross, J.
1946 Bedgood, H.J.
1946 Edwards, E.J.
1946–1964 Matthews, Victor Maynard
1964–1972 Barkhouse, D.D.

References

^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Nova Scotia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.

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Georges Island Lighthouse at the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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