Nova Scotia Lighthouses
Discover 187 historic lighthouses along Canada's Ocean Playground
Nova Scotia's Lighthouse Heritage
With over 187 lighthouses scattered along 7,500 kilometers of coastline, Nova Scotia is home to some of the most historic and photogenic lighthouses in Canada. From the iconic Peggy's Cove to remote island beacons, each lighthouse tells a story of maritime history, shipwrecks, and the communities that built them.
Our comprehensive guide covers every documented lighthouse in Nova Scotia, with GPS coordinates, historical details, site access information, and the best spots for photography. Whether you're planning a lighthouse road trip or researching maritime history, you'll find everything you need here.
🏛️ Oldest documented lighthouse: Sambro Lighthouse (HRM), built in 1758
Top 5 Lighthouses to Visit
Hand-picked from 187 historic beacons - the most iconic, photogenic, and rewarding stops for a Nova Scotia lighthouse road trip.
#1 Top Pick Peggys Point Lighthouse
The most photographed lighthouse in Canada, perched on granite bedrock just 45 minutes from Halifax on the Lighthouse Route.
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Cape Forchu Lighthouse
A modern 'apple-core' tower on a dramatic Bay of Fundy headland, minutes from the CAT ferry terminal in Yarmouth.
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Fort Point Lighthouse (Liverpool)
An 1855 timber tower with an unusual hunchbacked profile, now a museum on Liverpool Harbour.
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Brier Island Lighthouse
A wild Fundy beacon on the province's southwest tip and gateway to world-class whale watching.
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Sambro Lighthouse
The oldest standing and operating lighthouse in the Americas, on guard off Halifax since 1758.
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Beaver Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse is maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard but it is de-staffed. It shows a flashing white light and there is ...
Betty Island Lighthouse
Betty Island light is shown from a white pyramidal tower, 30ft high. This is the third lighthouse on this station....
Chebucto Head Lighthouse
Note the road to the lighthouse is gated as there has been vandalism in the area. Visitors will have to park off road a...
Devils Island South East Lighthouse
Devils Island South East Lighthouse is located on the southeast end of Devils Island, at the mouth of Eastern Passage, g...
Devils Island South West Lighthouse
This old photograph shows the two lighthouses on Devils Island. The lighthouse on the left is the lost Southwest Lightho...
Egg Island Lighthouse
The lighthouse was originally an octagonal wood tower, 45 feet high, painted white, with black stripes to seaward. Betwe...
Georges Island Lighthouse Front Range Light
The current lighthouse, erected in 1917, is an octagonal concrete structure surmounted by an aluminum lantern. The tower...
Indian Harbour Lighthouse
The Indian Harbour Lighthouse, often called Paddy's Head Lighthouse, stands on the southeast point of Paddy Head Island ...
Jeddore Rock Lighthouse
Jeddore Rock Lighthouse once stood on the summit of a bare rock at the entrance to Jeddore Harbour on Nova Scotia's East...
Maugher Beach Lighthouse
The current Maugher Beach Lighthouse (Maugher Beach II, built 1941) is an octagonal concrete tower, white with a red lan...
McNabs Island Lighthouse Rear Range Light
The McNabs Island Rear Range Light was established in 1903 on Battery Point hill on the west side of McNabs Island in Ha...
Musquodoboit Harbour Rear Range Light
The Musquodoboit Harbour Rear Range Light, also known as French Point, stands on Shag Ledge at the entrance to Musquodob...
Owls Head Lighthouse
This lighthouse stood on the head, at the outer entrance to Ship Harbour on the Eastern Shore. The lantern was red on th...
Peggys Point Lighthouse
Peggy's Cove is one of the most popular tourist spots in Nova Scotia and the lighthouse may be the most photographed in ...
Pennant Harbour Lighthouse
The Pennant Harbour Lighthouse stood on the north side of Pennant Cove, about 30 kilometres south of Halifax along the L...
Sable Island East End Lighthouse
The current Sable Island East End Lighthouse (East End III, built c.1965) is a square skeleton tower still standing on S...
Sable Island West End Lighthouse
The current Sable Island West End Lighthouse (West End IV, built 1951) is a square skeleton tower still standing on Sabl...
Sambro Harbour Lighthouse
The Sambro Harbour Lighthouse was built in 1899 to guide vessels into Sambro Harbour, a sheltered anchorage southwest of...
Sambro Lighthouse
Sambro Lighthouse is the oldest standing and operating lighthouse in the Americas. Legislation to establish the lighthou...
Sheet Harbour Passage Front Range Light
The Sheet Harbour Range Lights were lit with kerosene until they were electrified. Laurie A. Spears was caretaker by 193...
Sheet Harbour Passage Rear Range Light
The Sheet Harbour Passage Rear Range Light is a tapered square wood tower painted white with a red stripe, standing 29 f...
Sheet Rock (Harbour) Lighthouse
The Sheet Rock (Harbour) Lighthouse stood on Sheet Rock at the entrance to Sheet Harbour on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore....
Spry Bay Front Range Light
The Spry Bay Front Range Light was one of a pair of range lights built in 1916 to guide vessels into Spry Bay on Nova Sc...
Spry Bay Rear Range Light
The Spry Bay Rear Range Light was the taller of the two 1916 range lights at Spry Bay, standing roughly 48 feet high. It...
Terence Bay Lighthouse
Terence Bay Lighthouse stands as a testament to over a century of maritime navigation on Nova Scotia's rugged South Shor...
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Berry Head Lighthouse
Berry Head Lighthouse, located on the east point of Berry Head at the west side entrance to Tor Bay in Guysborough Count...
Canso Front Range Light
The Canso Front Range Light has guided mariners into Canso Harbour on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore since 1905. Built as t...
Canso Rear Rear Range Light
The Canso Rear Range Light, first lit in 1905, is a square wooden tower painted white, standing 44 feet tall on the sout...
Charlos Harbour Front Range Light
The Charlos Harbour Front Range Light once stood at the western entrance to Charlos Cove on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore,...
Charlos Harbour Rear Range Light
The Charlos Harbour Rear Range Light is the last surviving marker of a range light pair that once guided vessels into Ch...
Country Island Lighthouse
Country Island Lighthouse stands on the remote island's south shore, guarding the approaches to Country Harbour on Nova ...
Cranberry Islands Lighthouse
The Cranberry Islands lie off Cape Canso at the eastern entrance to the Strait of Canso, where they guard the approaches...
Eddy Point Lighthouse
This tower was removed by the Coast Guard in 2003. 2004 - there is no light at this station....
Fishermans Harbour Lighthouse
Fishermans Harbour Lighthouse was a white, wooden frame structure set on a spit of gravel and rock at the entrance to th...
Guysborough (Harbour) Lighthouse
The Guysborough (Harbour) Lighthouse stood near Peart Point on the west side of the entrance to Guysborough Harbour, whe...
Hog Island (Port Felix)
Hog Island Lighthouse, known historically as Port Felix Lighthouse, was established on July 1, 1902 to guide mariners in...
Isaacs Harbour Lighthouse
The Isaacs Harbour Lighthouse stands near Holly Point on the west entrance to Isaac's Harbour on Nova Scotia's Eastern S...
Liscomb Lighthouse
Liscomb Lighthouse stands on Cranberry Point at the southwest end of its island in Liscomb Harbour, on the Eastern Shore...
Out Of The Fog Museum
PERMANENTLY CLOSED (August 2025): The Out of the Fog Museum permanently closed in August 2025. The Keepers of the Beacon...
Port Bickerton Lighthouse
The Third Port Bickerton Lighthouse c. 2000The current light tower is a square white concrete building.© Courtesy the No...
Queensport Lighthouse
The Queensport Lighthouse stands on Rook Island at the entrance to Queensport Harbour, opening onto Chedabucto Bay on No...
Three Top Island Lighthouse (Whitehaven)
Three Top Island Lighthouse was established in 1879 on Three Top Island, located a mile northwest of White Head Island a...
Whitehead Island Lighthouse (Whitehaven Harbour)
The lighthouse is a square white tower on the fog signal building. The building is 30 feet high. It replaced the origina...
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Black Rock Point Lighthouse
Black Rock Point Lighthouse stands on Cape Breton Island's eastern shore, marking the entrance to the Great Bras d'Or ch...
Cameron Island Lighthouse
Cameron Island Lighthouse is a square wooden tower located on the northeast end of Cameron Island in the Bras d'Or Lakes...
Cape North Lighthouse
The Cape North Lighthouse stands on Money Point, about 1 nautical mile southeast of the cape. Cape North itself is a bol...
Ciboux Island Lighthouse
Ciboux Island Lighthouse was first established in 1863 on the larger of the Bird Islands off Cape Dauphin, Cape Breton I...
Gillis Point Lighthouse
Gillis Point Lighthouse overlooks the south entrance to Maskell's Harbour on Cape Breton's Bras d'Or Lakes. The tower st...
Great Bras d'Or Front Range Light
The Great Bras d'Or Front Range Light is the shorter of the two range towers on Noir Point, at the entrance to the Great...
Great Bras d'Or Rear Range Light
The Great Bras d'Or Rear Range Light stands on Noir Point at the narrow entrance to the Great Bras d'Or, the channel con...
Ingonish Ferry Lighthouse
The little "pepper-shaker" style lighthouse at the narrow entrance to Ingonish Harbour first shone its kerosene light in...
Kidston Island Lighthouse
Lights are situated on both ends of Kidston Island. The NE light is a white square tower at an elevation of 14.6m (48ft)...
Little Narrows Lighthouse
Little Narrows Lighthouse stood on Curlew Point at the east entrance to the narrows of the St. Patrick Channel on Cape B...
Man Of War Point Lighthouse
Man Of War Point Lighthouse stood on the point along the east shore of the Great Bras d'Or on Cape Breton Island, reache...
McNeil Beach Lighthouse
The McNeil Beach Lighthouse was built in 1884 on the eastern shore of the Great Bras d'Or channel in Cape Breton. The st...
Neil Harbour Lighthouse
Neil's Harbour Lighthouse, also known as Neil Harbour Lighthouse, was established in 1899 by the Department of Marine to...
St. Paul Island North Point
In 1960 the light was electrified and in 1962 a white concrete tower was built to replace the aged timber structure. Eve...
St. Paul Island South Point
The lighthouse, built of cast iron, was removed from the island and stood at the Coast Guard Base from the mid-1980's un...
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Carey Point Front Range Light
Carey Point Front Range Light sits on the beach at the outer reaches of the Great Bras d'Or Channel, where the Atlantic ...
Flint Island Lighthouse
Flint Island Lighthouse stands on a sandstone outcrop off the coast east of Sydney, Cape Breton, marking the eastern app...
Gabarus Lighthouse
Gabarus Lighthouse stands on Harbour Point on the south shore of Gabarus Bay, on Cape Breton Island's windswept southeas...
Glace Bay North Breakwater Lighthouse
The Glace Bay North Breakwater Lighthouse sits at the outer end of the north breakwater sheltering Big Glace Bay on Cape...
Guyon Island Lighthouse
Guyon Island Lighthouse occupies the west end of Guyon Island at the entrance to Forchu Bay on Cape Breton Island's sout...
Louisbourg Lighthouse
This is the third lighthouse built at Louisbourg. It was completed in 1923, a year after the second light burned. It is ...
Low Point Lighthouse
Low Point is an octagonal concrete tower, 72 feet (20.8m) high, painted white, with a red painted iron lantern. The lant...
Main-A-Dieu Lighthouse
Main-A-Dieu Lighthouse stood on the west end of Scatarie Island, marking the Main-a-Dieu Passage off the Marconi Trail o...
Point Aconi Lighthouse
The Point Aconi Lighthouse stands near High Point, about a mile south of Cape Breton's northernmost tip at Point Aconi, ...
Rouse Point Lighthouse
There was never a lighthouse erected here. However due to the frequent summer fogs in this area, fishermen campaigned f...
Scatarie Lighthouse
The current Scatarie Lighthouse (Scatarie III, built 1981) is a square white tower on a fog signal building, still stand...
Sydney Front Range Light
In 2010, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) reincarnated the historic Sydney Front Range Light. After replacin...
Sydney Bar Lighthouse
The Sydney Bar Lighthouse marks the western end of the bar at the entrance to the South Arm of Sydney Harbour, on Cape B...
Sydney Rear Range Light
The Sydney Rear Range Light is one of the historic range lights guiding vessels through Sydney Harbour on Cape Breton Is...
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Apple River Lighthouse
The current Apple River Lighthouse was built around 1965, replacing an earlier tower from 1870. It is a square white tow...
Cape dOr Lighthouse
The keeper's houses were left vacant after 1989, but fortunately they were not removed or burned. In 1995 the Advocate D...
Cape Sharp Lighthouse
Cape Sharp Lighthouse stands at the south end of the cape guarding the entrance to Parrsboro Harbour on the Minas Basin....
Coldspring Head Lighthouse
Coldspring Head Lighthouse has stood on the north side of the head in Cumberland County since 1890, guiding mariners thr...
Ile Haute Lighthouse
Light. - lle Haute light is shown from a skeleton tower, 40 feet (12 m) high, situated on the highest point of the islan...
Mullins Point Front Range Light
The Mullins Point Front Range Light was established in 1873 as a square wood tower painted white, located on the north e...
Mullins Point Rear Range Light
The Mullins Point Rear Range Light stands on the point at the north entrance to Wallace Harbour on the Northumberland Sh...
Parrsboro Lighthouse
Parrsboro Lighthouse stands at the end of a breakwater on the west side of Parrsboro Harbour entrance in Cumberland Coun...
Port Greville Lighthouse
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Pugwash Lighthouse
The Pugwash Lighthouse has watched over Pugwash Harbour on the Northumberland Strait since 1871. The original structure ...
Spencers Island Lighthouse
The lighthouse was built in 1904 and first lit on July 15 of that year. The project, supervised by the first keeper, Bax...
Wallace Harbour Front Range Light
The Wallace Harbour Front Range Light is one of a pair of range lights that have guided boats into Wallace Harbour on th...
Wallace Harbour Rear Range Light
The Wallace Harbour Rear Range Light is the taller of the two 1904 range lights at Wallace Harbour, standing roughly 45 ...
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Baccaro Point Lighthouse
Perched at the edge of the ocean, this lighthouse is an important seabird watching site. Baccaro is the oldest place nam...
Bon Portage Lighthouse
The Bon Portage Island lighthouse was established in 1874. For 110 years, 16 principal lightkeepers and their families k...
Cape Negro Island Lighthouse
Cape Negro Island Lighthouse watches over the approaches to Negro Harbour on Nova Scotia's South Shore. The present octa...
Cape Roseway Lighthouse
Cape Roseway on McNutt's Island, N.S. is the site of an early-established light (1788) marking the entrance to Shelbur...
Cape Sable Lighthouse
Post Card of Cape Sable Light Station Showing the First TowerThe first light tower was built of wood in 1861 close to th...
Carter Island Lighthouse (Lockeport)
Carter Island Lighthouse was established in 1872 on Carter Island, one of five small islands within Lockeport Harbour on...
Gull Rock Lighthouse
Gull Rock Lighthouse stands on a wave-swept islet that marks a dangerous bank of ledges and rocks guarding the entrance ...
Sandy Point Lighthouse
Community Breakfast every 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month. Visit the Sandy Point Lighthouse Community Centre for det...
Seal Island Light Museum
The museum, a replica of the top half of the Seal Island Lighthouse, displays lighthouse equipment and memorabilia of th...
Stoddart Island (Emerald Isle) Lighthouse
The Stoddart Island (Emerald Isle) Lighthouse stands on Stoddart Island, off Shag Harbour on Nova Scotia's South Shore. ...
The Salvages Lighthouse
The Salvages are a group of ledges and rocks, the highest of which is 3m (10 feet) on the West side of the West entrance...
West Head, Cape Sable Island, Lighthouse
The West Head Lighthouse stands on the western extremity of Cape Sable Island, where Barrington Passage opens toward the...
Woods Harbour Lighthouse
The Woods Harbour Lighthouse stands on Big Ledge in the centre of Cockerwitt Passage, marking the entrance to Woods Harb...
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Balache Point Rear Range Light
This photo is of the Rear Range Light, which is the only building of the two range lights which is still standing. The F...
Caveau Point Front Range Light
The Caveau Point Front Range Light has marked the entrance to Cheticamp Harbour on Cape Breton's west coast since 1897. ...
Caveau Point Rear Range Light
The Caveau Point Rear Range Light is the working partner of the front light at the entrance to Cheticamp Harbour, standi...
Cheticamp Harbour Front Range Light
The Cheticamp Harbour Front Range Light has marked the east side of Cheticamp's eastern harbour entrance since 1890, gui...
Cheticamp Harbour Rear Range Light
The Cheticamp Harbour Rear Range Light was built in 1890 on the east side of Cheticamp's eastern harbour, working as the...
Enragee Point Lighthouse
The light is a white octagonal concrete tower with a red upper portion, 42 feet (13m) high....
Henry Island Lighthouse
The building is a red and white vertically striped octagonal timber tower, 56 feet (17 m) high. The light is a white fla...
Mabou Harbour Lighthouse Front Range Light
The Mabou Harbour Front Range Light stood on the breakwater on the south side of the harbour channel at Mabou, on Cape B...
Mabou Harbour Lighthouse Rear Range Light
The pyramidal wooden lighthouse at Mabou Harbour was built in 1884 to guide coastal steamers transporting non-perishable...
Margaree Harbour Front Range Light
Built in 1900, the Margaree Harbour Front Range Lighthouse is a traditional, square tapered wooden tower standing 22 fee...
Margaree Harbour Rear Range Light
Built in 1900, the Margaree Harbour Rear Range Lighthouse is a traditional, square tapered wooden tower standing 33 feet...
Margaree Island Lighthouse
Margaree Island Lighthouse stands on Margaree Island, also known as Sea Wolf Island, roughly 4 kilometres off the west c...
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Battery Point Breakwater Lighthouse
Battery Point breakwater light is shown at an elevation of 22 feet (6.7 m) from a white square tower, on the outer end o...
Cross Island Lighthouse
Cross Island, 90 feet (27m) high and wooded, divides the approach to Lunenburg Bay into two channels, of which the north...
East Ironbound Island Lighthouse
East Ironbound is a Coastal Light, built to guide coastal shipping and fishing boats along the South Shore. It marks the...
Fort Point Lighthouse (LaHave River)
The current lighthouse structure is a combined museum and replica. There is also a replica of a small pepperpot light ...
Gunning Point Island Lighthouse
The Gunning Point Island Lighthouse stands on the eastern end of Tanner Island in Mahone Bay, on Nova Scotia's South Sho...
Kaulback Island Front Range Light
The Kaulback Island Front Range Light sits at the northeast end of Kaulback Island in Mahone Bay, on Nova Scotia's South...
Kaulback Island Rear Range Light
The Kaulback Island Rear Range Light stands behind its front partner at the northeast end of Kaulback Island in Mahone B...
Mosher Island Lighthouse
The first lighthouse was 37 feet high, a lantern on the roof of a square wood dwelling, which was painted white. The lat...
Pearl Island (Green Island) Lighthouse
Pearl Island (originally known as Green Island) Lighthouse marks the south point of the island at the entrance to Mahone...
Quaker Island Lighthouse
The Quaker Island Lighthouse once marked the summit of Quaker Island, off Chester in the heart of Mahone Bay. The origin...
West Ironbound Island Lighthouse
The West Ironbound Island Lighthouse stands on the south side of West Ironbound Island at the entrance to the LaHave Riv...
Westhaver Island Lighthouse
The Westhaver Island Lighthouse stands on a small islet at the entrance to Mahone Harbour, one of the most picturesque h...
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Bear River Lighthouse
Bear River Lighthouse was built in 1905 on Winchester Point at the western entrance to Bear River in Digby County. The t...
Belliveau Cove Lighthouse
Belliveau Cove Lighthouse was first established in 1889 as a pierhead light on the eastern pierhead of the north shore o...
Boars Head Lighthouse (Tiverton)
The Boars Head Lighthouse stands on the northern tip of Long Island at Tiverton, marking the northwest entrance to Petit...
Brier Island Lighthouse
The first lighthouse was wooden structure, the first lighthouse on SW coast of Nova Scotia. In 1818 it was described as ...
Cape St. Marys Lighthouse
Cape St. Marys Lighthouse crowns a dramatic clifftop look-off overlooking St. Mary's Bay in Nova Scotia's Acadian shore ...
Church Point Lighthouse
Church Point Lighthouse is located near the town of that name on the French Shore of Nova Scotia. The light was disconti...
Digby Gut Lighthouse
Digby Gut Lighthouse marks the narrow entrance to Digby Harbour on the <a href="/guides/annapolis-valley-self-drive/">An...
Gilberts Cove Lighthouse
This is a square keeper's house painted white with the lighthouse lantern atop the roof. Whereas most lighthouse keepers...
Grand Passage Lighthouse
Grand Passage Lighthouse stands on the north point of Brier Island at the entrance to the dramatic tidal channel known a...
Peter Island Lighthouse
This lighthouse is on an island in the middle of a channel with heavy tidal rips....
Prim Point Lighthouse
Digby Gut. - Point Prim (Prim Point), a rocky headland, is the west entrance point for Digby Gut, the deep water passage...
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Abbotts Harbour Lighthouse
This lighthouse was built on the mainland at Abbotts Harbour in 1922, to replace the previous system of a lantern hoiste...
Bunker Island Lighthouse
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Candlebox Island Lighthouse
Candlebox Island Lighthouse was established in 1893 on a small island marking the northern entrance to Schooner Passage ...
Cape Forchu Lighthouse
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Green Island Lighthouse (Chebogue Point)
The Green Island Lighthouse near Chebogue Point stands at the centre of a small island about five kilometres south of Ch...
Pease Island Lighthouse
Pease Island Lighthouse stands on the south side of Pease Island in the Tusket Islands, marking Schooner Passage on Nova...
Pubnico Harbour Lighthouse
The Pubnico Harbour Lighthouse stands at the end of Beach Point, marking the east entrance to Pubnico Harbour in the hea...
Seal Island Lighthouse
The 67 foot timber lighthouse on the island is the original, built 1830-31, the lantern is an aluminium replacement inst...
Tusket River Lighthouse
Tusket River Lighthouse sits on the southwest point of Big Fish Island, on the eastern side of the entrance to the Tuske...
White Head Island Lighthouse (Argyle)
The White Head Island Lighthouse stands on the southern point of White Head Island in Lobster Bay, off the Acadian Shore...
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Cape George Lighthouse (Bras dOr Lakes)
Cape George Lighthouse (Bras d'Or Lakes) is a square wooden tower, painted white, located on the cape at the north entra...
Fourchu Head Lighthouse
The current Fourchu Head Lighthouse (Fourchu Head II, built 1985) is a circular white fiberglass tower marked with two r...
Grandique Point Lighthouse
The Grandique Point Lighthouse, also known as Grandique Ferry Lighthouse, is located at Martinique on Isle Madame, in Ch...
Green Island Lighthouse
The current Green Island Lighthouse (Green Island III, built 1987) is a circular white fiberglass tower with a red lante...
Gregory Island Lighthouse
Gregory Island Lighthouse once stood on the western point of Gregory Island, marking the north entrance to St. Peter's I...
Jerome Point Lighthouse
Jerome Point Lighthouse stands near the entrance to St. Peter's Canal on Cape Breton Island, overlooking St. Peter's Bay...
Jerseyman Island Lighthouse
Jerseyman Island is a crescent-shaped strip of land sitting athwart the entrance to Arichat Harbour. The island was name...
Marache Point Lighthouse
Marache Point Lighthouse stands at the south entrance to Arichat Harbour on Isle Madame, on Cape Breton Island's Fleur-d...
River Bourgeois (Inlet) Lighthouse
The River Bourgeois Inlet Lighthouse guards the narrow entrance to River Bourgeois on Lennox Passage, in the heart of Ca...
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Caribou Lighthouse
Caribou Lighthouse stands on Caribou Point at the northeastern end of Gull Island, marking the approaches to Caribou Cha...
Northumberland Fisheries Museum
This is a scale replica of an early 20th century combined lighthouse and dwelling located on the Pictou waterfront near ...
Pictou Bar Lighthouse
The Pictou Bar Lighthouse once stood at the end of the bar at the south entrance to Pictou Harbour on the Northumberland...
Pictou Harbour Front Range Light
The Pictou Harbour Front Range Light is one of a pair of range lights that have guided vessels into Pictou Harbour since...
Pictou Harbour Rear Range Light
The Pictou Harbour Rear Range Light works in line with the 1889 front tower to mark the dredged channel into Pictou Harb...
Pictou Island East End Lighthouse
The Pictou Island East End Lighthouse once stood on the southeast point of Pictou Island, marking the eastern approaches...
Pictou Island South End Lighthouse
The Pictou Island South End Lighthouse, built in 1907, stands on top of the bank near the island's wharf, overlooking th...
Pictou Island West End Lighthouse Rear Range Light
The Pictou Island West End Lighthouse began service in 1907 as a square wooden tower, painted white, on the island's wes...
Trenton (East River) Front Range Light
The Trenton (East River) Front Range Light was established in 1920 on Stonehouse Point, near the outer entrance to the E...
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Coffin Island Lighthouse
Near the end of July , 1811, Simeon Perkins, a 75-year-old town official and diarist from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, laid t...
Fort Point Lighthouse (Liverpool)
The lighthouse is a timber combination dwelling and tower in an unusual "hunchbacked" shape. Built in 1855 following a p...
Little Hope Island Lighthouse
Little Hope Island Lighthouse once stood near the centre of Little Hope Island, off Port Mouton on the South Shore, an e...
Medway Head Lighthouse
There have been four lighthouses at this station. The first lighthouse was a square wood dwelling 23 feet high, painted ...
Port Medway Lighthouse
The Port Medway Lighthouse is a tapered square wooden tower, about 33 feet tall, painted white with a red lantern, first...
Port Mouton Lighthouse
The Port Mouton Lighthouse stands on the northeastern point of Spectacle Island, guiding boats into Port Mouton Harbour ...
Western Head Lighthouse
Western Head was originally established as a foghorn station only. The current lighthouse, built in 1962, is a fine exam...
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Annapolis Lighthouse
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Hampton Lighthouse
A white square "pepperpot" tower with a red lantern, standing above the cove. Retains its 6th order dioptric lens....
Margaretsville Lighthouse
The lighthouse is a 22 foot high tapered square wood tower painted white with black bands. The white light is shown 30 f...
Port George Lighthouse
Photo - © Lew PerryPort George Lighthouse c. 2000White, square, "pepper-shaker" wooden lighthouse with a red lantern, 25...
Schafner Point Lighthouse
Schafner Point Lighthouse, also known locally as the Port Royal lighthouse, was built in 1885 and is the oldest survivin...
Victoria Beach Lighthouse
The Victoria Beach Lighthouse stands at the narrow entrance to Digby Gut, the channel where the Bay of Fundy's huge tide...
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Cape George Lighthouse (Northumberland Strait)
The first light, erected in 1861, was a square white wooden tower. In 1908, it was replaced by an octagonal wood tower, ...
Havre Boucher Front Range Light
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans recently decided that each of the 1879 range lights at Havre Boucher were beyond ...
Havre Boucher Rear Range Light
The Havre Boucher Rear Range Light stands on the southwest shore of Havre Boucher harbour on Nova Scotia's Northumberlan...
North Canso Lighthouse
North Canso Lighthouse marks the west side of the north entrance to the Canso Locks at the Strait of Canso, on the North...
Pomquet Island Lighthouse
The Pomquet Island Lighthouse stands on the northeast end of Pomquet Island, off the Acadian village of Bayfield on St. ...
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Black Rock Lighthouse
Black Rock Lighthouse is located west of Canada Creek on the south shore of the Minas Channel in Kings County, Nova Scot...
Bordens Wharf Lighthouse
This lighthouse was part of an effort to fight the decline of the once important seaport of Canning as steamships moved ...
Horton Bluff Lighthouse Front Range Light
Early History: In 1883, the Horton Lighthouse was a typical combination keeper's house and lighthouse constructed of tim...
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Burntcoat Head Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Burntcoat Head was destroyed by the Coast Guard in 1972, when it was replaced by skeleton mast. Erosio...
Mitchener Point Lighthouse
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Walton Harbour Lighthouse
Walton Harbour Lighthouse, built in 1873 by Timothy Parker, is the only surviving lighthouse in Hants County and a cheri...
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many lighthouses are in Nova Scotia?
Nova Scotia has over 187 documented lighthouses, making it one of the most lighthouse-dense regions in the world. The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society (NSLPS) catalogs them all.
What is the most famous lighthouse in Nova Scotia?
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse (also known as Peggy's Point Lighthouse) is the most photographed lighthouse in Canada and one of Nova Scotia's top tourist attractions, drawing over 700,000 visitors annually.
Can you go inside Nova Scotia lighthouses?
Some lighthouses are open to the public as museums or interpretive centers, while others are privately owned or only viewable from the outside. Check individual lighthouse pages for access information.
What is the best lighthouse route in Nova Scotia?
The Lighthouse Route along the South Shore is the most popular, stretching from Halifax to Yarmouth and featuring dozens of historic lighthouses including Peggy's Cove, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg.