Georges Island Lighthouse

Georges Island Lighthouse
Georges Island viewed from Halifax
Nova Scotia
Location Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Coordinates 44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W / 44.640658°N 63.560353°W / 44.640658; -63.560353Coordinates: 44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W / 44.640658°N 63.560353°W / 44.640658; -63.560353
Year first constructed 1876 (first)
1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916
Year first lit 1919 (current)
Automated 1972
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape octagonal frustum prism with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red dome
Height 16 metres (52 ft)
Focal height 17.5 metres (57 ft)
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
Characteristic F W
Fog signal 3s. blast every 30s.
Admiralty number H3618
CHS number CCG 538
NGA number 9944
ARLHS number CAN-193
Managing agent Parks Canada [2]

Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 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.

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 January 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.




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