Georges Island Lighthouse

Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 on Georges Island (Nova Scotia), which replaced 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.

Georges Island Lighthouse
Georges Island viewed from Halifax
Nova Scotia
LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Coordinates44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W
Year first constructed1876 (first)
1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916
Year first lit1919 (current)
Automated1972
Constructionconcrete tower
Tower shapeoctagonal frustum prism with balcony and lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red dome
Tower height16 metres (52 ft)
Focal height17.5 metres (57 ft)
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
CharacteristicF W
Fog signal3s. blast every 30s.
Admiralty numberH3618
CHS numberCCG 538
NGA number9944
ARLHS numberCAN-193
Managing agentParks Canada [2]

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.

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.

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern Nova Scotia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.
Georges Island Lighthouse and Halifax Harbour, 2017


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