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

Location	Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Coordinates	44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W
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[1]
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)[2]
Characteristic	F W

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georges Island Lighthouse.

• Georges Island Lighthouse at the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard

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