Pictou Island West End Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Pictou Island West End Lighthouse
This square skeletal concrete tower, standing 7 meters tall, was built in 1965. It is painted red with a white horizontal band, serving as a daymark. The lighthouse emits a white flash every four seconds from a focal height of 14 meters. Its geographic range is 11.6 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, but the tower is closed. The nearest port is Pictou, 8.8 kilometers away.
Why it matters: The lighthouse is important for safe navigation around the western tip of Pictou Island, guiding vessels through the Northumberland Strait and helping them avoid hazards.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 4s
- Focal Height
- 14m
- Geographic Range
- 11.6NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1965
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 7m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- Red with a white horizontal band
- Material
- concrete
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
- West end of Pictou Island, Canada, likely in the Northumberland Strait.
- Latitude
- 45.8040°
- Longitude
- -62.6022°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Pictou(8.8 km)
- Admiralty No.
- H1244
- NGA No.
- 8612
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-381
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