There are numerous lighthouses in Canada, of course, so it isn't too difficult to find one to feature as the Lighthouse of the Week. This time I returned back to Nova Scotia, on the eastern side, not the western Bay of Fundy side.
This week's lighthouse is the Queensport, located on Rook Island. It's the only man-made structure on Rook Island, as you'll see in the pictures. To find out where it is more definitively, click here. I used the satellite image to locate it, because it's so small it doesn't show up on the traditional map. Zoom in to see how small it really is. If you zoom all the way in, you can see the lighthouse.
Now, the Lighthouse Directory provides the following information:
"1936 (station established 1882). Active; focal plane 16.5 m (54 ft); white flash every 4 s. 12.5 m (41 ft): lantern and gallery mounted on the center of the roof of 2-story wood keeper's house. Lighthouse painted white; lantern and roof are red. ... The Municipality of Guysborough painted and restored the exterior of the building. The site is managed by a local organization, Keepers of the Beacon. The Keepers also operate the Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum in Guysborough, where a fine collection of lighthouse artifacts was on display."
There are other web pages with info about this lighthouse. A couple are below.
Queensport Lighthouse -- Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
Queensport Lighthouse - Lighthouse Friends
Queensport Lighthouse - Parks Canada (good information here; excerpt below)
Description of Historic Place
"The Queensport Lighthouse combines a lighthouse and keepers’ dwelling, a popular design for lighthouses in remote areas. The two-storey, wood frame residence is surmounted by a square lantern which is accessible fro"m the second floor of the dwelling. Built in 1936, the lighthouse stands 12.5 metres (41 feet) high and is located on Rook Island, a small island off the shore of Queensport harbour, in Chedebucto Bay."Four pictures are provided below.
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