Pictou Bar Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Pictou Bar Lighthouse
Also known as: #Pictou Bar (Lighthouse Beach)
An octagonal pyramidal wood tower, 11.5 meters tall, was constructed in 1903 to mark the entrance to Pictou Harbour. This replacement structure followed an earlier light established in 1834. The tower was painted white with red vertical striping and topped with a red lantern. Its light produced a single white flash every 4 seconds, visible for 10 nautical miles. This lighthouse was destroyed by fire in May 1903 and again in July 2004. Although a restoration committee formed after the 2004 fire, the lighthouse was not rebuilt.
Why it matters: Heritage Canada recognized the loss of this structure in 2004 as one of the year's five worst historic structure losses.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 4s
- Focal Height
- 9m
- Geographic Range
- 10NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1903
- First Lit
- 1834
Significant events: destroyed by fire in May 1903, destroyed by fire in 2004, Heritage Canada recognized loss as one of five worst historic structure losses of 2004
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Beach Point(20.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- H1248.
- NGA No.
- 8616
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-377
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 11.5m
- Tower Shape
- octagonal
- Tower Color
- white with red vertical striping and a red lantern
- Material
- wood
Structure: octagonal pyramidal wood tower, painted white with red vertical striping and a red lantern
Location
- City
- Arisaig
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Sea Region
- at the end of the spit on the east side of the entrance to Pictou
- Latitude
- 45.7619°
- Longitude
- -62.1722°
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