Bunker's Island, Nova Scotia
43°48′58″N 66°8′6″W / 43.81611°N 66.13500°W
Bunker's Island is a peninsula located in Yarmouth Harbour in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. It contains a lighthouse which is nicknamed Bug Light by the locals and, until recently, it also contained Irving oil tanks and a wharf. The tanks were removed in 2017.[1][2][3]
Bug Light
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Bug Light is a small lighthouse built on a caisson that is reachable from Bunker's Island at low tide.[4] It was erected in 1874 as a supplement to the Cape Forchu lightstation. The current structure is unmanned and it replaces an earlier building which contained living quarters (see photo). The superstructure was rebuilt and the lighthouse replaced in 1959.[5] The Cottreau family was the last to live in the house. They moved to a new dwelling on Bunker's Island when the lighthouse was rebuilt.[5]
There are also "Bug Light" lighthouses in Orient, NY[6] and South Portland, Maine.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Allen, Carla. "Tanks on Yarmouth's Bunker's Island to come down". Yarmouth County Vanguard. No. Jun 13, 2017. Saltwire Network. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "lighthousefriends". lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern Nova Scotia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "The Lighthouses of NovaScotia". lighthousesrus.org. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ a b Allen, Carla. "91-year-old shares childhood memories of living in Bug Lighthouse at entrance to Yarmouth Harbour". Journal Pioneer. No. 9 July 2019. Saltwire Network. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "About Long Beach Bar "Bug" Light". www.eastendseaport.org. East End Seaport Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Portland Breakwater Lighthouse (Bug Light)". www.newenglandlighthouses.net. Jeremy D'Entremont. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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