Designated Heritage Lighthouses

Name: St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse (built in 1878)
Location: St. Peters Harbour, Prince Edward Island

Situated in a region with Acadian roots dating back to 1719, St. Peters Harbour grew into an important fishing and shipbuilding community in the mid-to-late 19^th century. The original 1865 light in this location was one of sixteen pre-Confederation lights on PEI. The present, as well as the original lighthouse provided navigational aid to this flourishing fishing community, an industry that continues to this day. The present 10.4-metre square tapered wooden tower has a hexagonal lantern which is atypical on an otherwise classic example of an architectural pattern that was the preferred design in Canada in the 19^th century and beyond.

Located among the dunes in a provincially protected area, it has come to be associated visually with the PEI National Park across the bay. The lighthouse is a 45-minute drive from downtown Charlottetown.

Name: Woody Point Lighthouse (built in 1959)
Location: Woody Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

From the earliest Indigenous fishing communities to the 18^th century fishing expeditions off the French Shore to the 19^th century Bird and Company fur and salmon trading post, the region that came to be served by the Woody Point Lighthouse has a very longstanding fishing tradition. The herring fishery, and later cod and lobster fisheries, led to the growth of the town, and to the building of the first lighthouse in 1919. A major fire three years later cost the town its business centre, a loss from which the town never recovered as a commercial centre. But the lighthouse survived and in recent times the community has revived as a centre for tourism. The 7.3-metre Woody Point Lighthouse is a square tapered wooden tower with a classic square wooden lantern.

Surrounded by Gros Morne National Park, it is an important landmark from both land and water. The lighthouse can be reached by car from the airport at Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, within one hour.

Name: Cape St. Marys Lighthouse (built in 1969)
Location: Clare, Nova Scotia

For almost 150 years, Cape St. Marys lighthouses have provided navigational aid for shipping as well as for the local lobster and groundfish fleet in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. The current lighthouse, the third on the site, is an 8.7-metre square concrete tower with an adjoining square concrete fog alarm building that stands at the edge of the rocky cliffs of the cape. This scenic location, with the rugged Nova Scotia coastline to the north and land sloping down to the small fishing village of Cape St. Marys to the east, is a much appreciated icon for visitors and residents alike, both from the land and the water.

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