You may notice that this Lighthouse of the Week post for the first full week of May is actually being posted during the last week of May. I missed a bit of time, and a couple of weeks, on this blog, not that it matters to the state of the world. So I'm going to do a bit of backfilling for May, and provide lighthouses for the month.
I examined some past posts, and I discovered that I had never posted a single lighthouse from the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Now, New Brunswick has a lot of coastline, including the northern shores of the Bay of Fundy, the southern coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the southern coast of Chaleur Bay.
Therefore, the next several Lighthouses of the Week will be from the province of New Brunswick.
The first one will be a traditional style, inactive but restored; the Cape Jourimain lighthouse.
It is located here. It's actually on an island, Trenholm Island, that is one of two islands that makes up the Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area. The islands also provide support for the bridge between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Lighthouse Friends has a page on it, with history. However, it doesn't show the restored lighthouse.
So let's learn a bit about it from the Lighthouse Directory.
"1870. Inactive since 1997. 16 m (53 ft) octagonal wood tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern is red. ... This historic lighthouse was deactivated in 1997 when the Confederation Bridge was completed to link New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. After being abandoned by the Coast Guard the lighthouse began to deteriorate. The nearby Cape Jourimain Nature Centre launched a drive for funds needed to repair and repaint the tower and began negotiating with Fisheries and Oceans to obtain ownership. The transfer of ownership finally took place in 2015, after the lighthouse was recognized as a Heritage Lighthouse. The lighthouse was threatened by erosion, so in August 2016 Mervil Rushton Building Movers relocated the tower 60 m (200 ft) back from the cliff. The lighthouse was restored in 2017-18 and in July 2019 it opened to the public for the first time."
Below are pictures of the restored lighthouse, followed by a video.
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