Pictou Island East End Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Pictou Island East End Lighthouse
A square skeletal steel tower, 10 meters tall, stands on the east end of Pictou Island. It carries a daymark that is red with a white horizontal band. The focal height of the light is 18 meters, and it emits a white flash every 4 seconds, visible for 12.7 nautical miles. The lighthouse was built in 1962. The site is open to visitors, though the tower itself is closed to the public. The nearest port is Pictou, located 11.5 kilometers away.
Why it matters: This lighthouse guides vessels past the eastern tip of Pictou Island, a significant navigational point in the Northumberland Strait.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 4s
- Focal Height
- 18m
- Geographic Range
- 12.7NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1962
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 10m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- red with a white horizontal band
- Material
- steel
Structure: square skeletal tower carrying a daymark colored red with a white horizontal band
Location
- City
- Pictou Island
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Sea Region
- East end of Pictou Island, Canada
- Latitude
- 45.8153°
- Longitude
- -62.5142°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Pictou(11.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- H1238
- NGA No.
- 8596
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-379
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