Georges Island Lighthouse

Not to be confused with George Island Light.

Georges Island Lighthouse

Location	Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Coordinates	44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W / 44.640658°N 63.560353°W / 44.640658; -63.560353
Tower
Constructed	1876 (first) 1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916
Construction	concrete tower
Automated	1972
Height	16 metres (52 ft)
Shape	octagonal truncated prism with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red dome
Operator	Parks Canada[2]
Fog signal	3s. blast every 30s.
Light
First lit	1919 (current)
Focal height	17.5 metres (57 ft)
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
Characteristic	F 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.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Canada

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 Canada: 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.

External links

• Georges Island Lighthouse at the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard

Georges Island Lighthouse and Halifax Harbour, 2017