List of lighthouses in Canada
Appearance
This is a list of lighthouses in Canada. These may naturally be divided into lighthouses on the Pacific coast, on the Arctic Ocean, in the Hudson Bay watershed, on the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River watershed (including the Great Lakes), and on the Atlantic seaboard.
British Columbia
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- Addenbroke Island Lightstation
- Boat Bluff lighthouse
- Bonilla Island Lightstation
- Brockton Point Lightstation
- Cape Beale Lightstation
- Cape Mudge Lighthouse
- Cape Scarlett Lightstation
- Cape Scott Lighthouse
- Carmanah Point Light Station
- Chatham Point lighthouse
- Chrome Island Lightstation
- Discovery Island Light
- Dryad Point Lighthouse
- Egg Island Lightstation
- Entrance Island Lightstation
- Estevan Point Lighthouse
- Fisgard Lighthouse
- Gallows Point Light
- Green Island Lightstation
- Holland Rock Lightstation
- Ivory Island Lightstation
- Langara Light
- Lennard Island Lightstation[1]
- Lucy Island Lighthouse
- Nootka Lighthouse
- Pachena Point Lighthouse
- Pine Island Lightstation
- Point Atkinson Lighthouse
- Pointer Island Lightstation
- Race Rocks Lighthouse
- Roberts Bank Light
- Sands Head Light
- Sisters Island Lightstation
- Sheringham Point Lighthouse
- Trial Islands Lighthouse
- Triple Island Lightstation
- Triangle Island Lightstation
Manitoba
Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador
- Belle Isle Northeast
- Belle Isle South End Upper
- Belle Isle South End Lower
- Camp Islands
- Double Island
- Point Amour
- St. Modeste Island
Newfoundland Atlantic Coast
- Bacalhao Island
- Baccalieu Island
- Baccalieu Island Southwest Point
- Bay Bulls (Bull Head)
- Bell Island
- Brigus
- Cabot Islands (Bonavista Bay)
- Cape Bauld
- Cape Bonavista
- Cape Norman
- Cape Race
- Cape Spear
- Cape St. Francis (Canada)
- Conche (Silver Point)
- Ferryland Head
- Fort Amherst
- Fox Point (Fishing Point)
- Green Island (Catalina)
- Green Point (Bay Roberts)
- Gull Island (Cape John)
- Hant's Harbour
- Heart's Content
- Kings Cove Head
- Little Denier Island
- Long Island East End
- Long Point (Twillingate)
- Manuel Island
- Offer Wadham lighthouse
- Peckford Island
- Puffin Island
- Random Head Harbour
- Surgeon Cove Point
- Westport Cove
Newfoundland South Coast
- Garnish
- Grand Bank (East Pier)
- Green Island
- Little Burin Island
- Long Island
- Northwest Head (Ramea)
- Point Verde
- Powles Head
- Rose Blanche
- St. Jacques Island
- Boar Island (Burgeo)
Newfoundland West Coast
- Broad Cove Point Range Front
- Broad Cove Point Range Rear
- Cape Anguille Lighthouse
- Cow Head
- Flowers Cove
- Harbour Point (Sandy Point)
- Keppel Island
- Lobster Cove Head
- New Férolle Peninsula
- Point Riche Lighthouse
- South Head - Destroyed, 2010
- Woody Point
New Brunswick
- Anderson Hollow
- Bayswater
- Belyea's Point
- Cape Enrage
- Cape Spencer Light
- Cocagne
- Dixon Point
- Green's Point
- Head Harbour
- Inch Arran
- Jerome Point
- Lighthouse on the Green
- Long Eddy Point
- Machias Seal Island
- Miscou Island Lighthouse
- Mulholland Point
- Oak Point
- Old Portage Island
- Point-du-Chene
- Pointe-Sapin
- Quaco Head
- Richiboucto Head
- Southwest Head
- Swallowtail Lightstation
Nova Scotia
- Balache Point Lighthouse
- Bass River, lighthouse, in use from 1908 to the 1980s
- Devils Island Light
- Cape Forchu Lighthouse
- Cape George Point Lighthouse, located in Antigonish County
- Cape North Lighthouse, in use from 1908 to 1980
- Cape Sable Lighthouse, located on Cape Sable Island
- Five Islands, lighthouse, in use from 1914 to 1993
- Fort Point Lighthouse
- Georges Island Lighthouse
- Grand Harbour Lighthouse, located on Ross Island
- Jerome Point Lighthouse, located in St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Established in 1882
- Kidston Island Lighthouse
- Louisbourg Light, built on the site of the oldest lighthouse on the continent, and the first Canadian one
- Low Point Lighthouse
- Neil's Harbour Lighthouse
- Peggys Point Lighthouse
- Peter Island lighthouse
- Point Prim Lighthouse, located at the entrance of the Digby Gut
- Sambro Island Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in North America
- Sable Island East End Light
- Sable Island West End Light
- Seal Island Lighthouse
- St. Paul Island Lighthouses North point and South point
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Ontario
- Beausoleil Island Light
- Big Tub Light, Tobermory, Ontario
- Brebeuf Island Light
- Burlington Canal Front Range Light
- Burlington Canal Rear Range Light
- Byng Inlet Range Lights
- Cabot Head Light
- Cape Crocker Light6
- Caribou Island Light
- Chantry Island Lightstation Tower Lightstation, Chantry Island, Ontario
- Christian Island Light
- Coppermine Point
- Cove Island Light
- Erieau East Pier Light
- Fleet Street Lighthouse in Toronto, aka Queen's Wharf
- Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on the Toronto Islands
- Ile Parisienne Light, Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior
- Kincardine Lighthouse, Kincardine, Ontario
- Long Point Lighthouse, Long Point, Ontario (built in 1917, is the third Long Point Light, replaced the 1843 light, which in turn replaced the 1830 light)
- Mohawk Island Light, on Mohawk Island, Ontario (formerly called Gull Island)
- Nottawasaga Island, Collingwood, Ontario
- Nine Mile Point on Simcoe Island
- Old Cut Lighthouse on Long Point (inactive)
- Snug Harbour, Parry Sound, Killbear Provincial Park
- Point Clark Lighthouse, Point Clark, Ontario
- Prescott Breakwater Light in Prescott, Ontario
- Prince Edward Point in Prince Edward County, Ontario
- Queen's Wharf, see Fleet Street Lighthouse
- Toronto Harbour Light at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto
- Windmill Point Light (best known because of the Battle of the Windmill)
- Port Burwell Lighthouse, Port Burwell- Canada's oldest wooden lighthouse
- Presqu'ile Lighthouse
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
- Cap de la tête au chien Lighthouse, Saint-Siméon
- Cap au saumon Lighthouse, Port-au-Persil, built in 1894
- Haut-fond Prince Lighthouse, offshore Tadoussac, built in 1964
- Pointe-au-Père lighthouse, in use from 1908 to 1975
- Cap-des-Rosiers, the tallest lighthouse in Canada: 34.1 M
- Île-Verte Lighthouse, built in 1809, third oldest in Canada
- Brandy Pot Lighthouse, Rivière-du-Loup, built in 1862
- Bicquette Island Lighthouse, Le Bic, built in 1843
- Matane Lighthouse, Matane
- Cap Chat Lighthouse, Cap Chat, built in 1871
- La Martre Lighthouse, La Martre, built in 1906
- Cap Madeleine Lighthouse, Gaspé Peninsula
- Fame Point Lighthouse, Gaspé, built in 1880
- Cap Gaspé Lighthouse, Cap-des-Rosiers
- Cap Blanc Lighthouse, Percé
- Cap-d’Espoir, Chaleur Bay
- Étang-du-Nord Lighthouse, built in 1874, rebuilt in 1987, Cap-aux-Meules
- Amherst Island Lighthouse, built in 1960, Amherst Island
- Brion Island Lighthouse, Brion Island, built in 1905
- Lachine Light Tower, Lachine, built in 1900
- L'ile du Moine Lighthouse, Sorel
- Ile Sainte-Hélène Light, Montréal, Quebec, built in 1912
- Soulanges Canal Lower Entrance Front Range Light, Pointe-des-Cascades, built in 1902, inactive since 1960
- Courbe Maskinongé Lighthouse, Offshore Lac Saint-Pierre
- Pilier de pierre Lighthouse, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli built in 1843
- Pointe de la Prairie Lighthouse, Isle-aux-Coudres, built in 1971
- Port Daniel Ouest Lighthouse, Port-Daniel–Gascons, built in 1919
See also
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- History of lighthouses in Canada
- List of lighthouses and lightvessels
- Lightvessel
- Lighthouses in the United States
References
- ^ Beverly Shaffer (1977). "Beautiful Lennard Island" (Requires Adobe Flash). Documentary film. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Lighthouses of British Columbia". fogwhistle.ca. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Lighthouses in New Brunswick, List of lighthouses in New Brunswick.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Complete list of lighthouses at the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
- ^ "Lake Huron (North and East) Lighthouses". lighthousesrus.org. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ "Lake Ontario Lighthouses". lighthousesrus.org. Retrieved 8 August 2010.