List of lighthouses in Canada explained

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

See main article: List of lighthouses in British Columbia.

Sources:[2]

Manitoba

See main article: List of lighthouses in Manitoba.

Newfoundland and Labrador

See main article: List of lighthouses in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Labrador

This is a list of lighthouses in Labrador.[3]

Name Image Year
built
Location &<br> coordinates Class of Light
Focal
height
NGA
number
Admiralty
number
Range
nml
1905 Belle Isle
52.0139°N -55.2806°W 		Fl W 10s. 137m (449feet) 984 H0096 17
Belle Isle South End Lower Light Image 1908 Belle Isle
51.8783°N -55.3836°W 		Fl W 20s. 50m (160feet) 992 H0104 18
Belle Isle South End Upper Light Image 1858 Belle Isle
51.8803°N -55.3821°W 		Fl W 20s. 137m (449feet) 988 H0102 18
Camp Island Light n/a Division No. 10
52.1698°N -55.6488°W 		Fl W 5s. 42m (138feet) 976 H0094 15
Castle Island Light n/a Division No. 10
51.9722°N -55.853°W 		Fl W 6s. 20m (70feet) 980 H0108 15
Double Island Light Image 1905 Battle Harbour
52.2555°N -55.5538°W 		Fl W 6s. 38m (125feet) 968 H0092 7
Kenamu River Range Front Light n/a Hamilton Inlet
53.4801°N -59.8975°W 		Oc G 6s. 7m (23feet) 904 H0077 13
Kenamu River Range Rear Light n/a Hamilton Inlet
53.4747°N -59.9172°W 		Oc G 6s. 7m (23feet) 900 H0076.5 13
Point Amour Lighthouse1858 Division No. 10
51.4606°N -56.8583°W 		Oc W 20s. 46m (151feet) 1012 H0114 24
Red Bay Light Image 1906 est. Saddle Island
51.7247°N -56.436°W 		Fl W 5s. 36m (118feet) 1000 H0110 15
St Modeste Island Light Image 1956 West St. Modeste
51.5951°N -56.7009°W 		inactive
since 2010 		5.5m (18feet)
tower height 		1004 H0111
Terrington Narrows Light n/a Happy Valley-Goose Bay
53.344°N -60.4017°W 		Dir WRG 10m (30feet) 910 H0076.3 19

Newfoundland Atlantic Coast

This is a list of lighthouses on Newfoundland's Atlantic Coast.[4] [5]

Name Image Year
built 		Location &<br> coordinates Class of Light
Focal
height
NGA
number
Admiralty
number
Range
nml
Image 1894 Bacalhao Island
49.6869°N -54.5568°W 		Fl W 10s. 106m (348feet) 1300 H0636 17
Bacalhao Island Sector Light Image 2006 Bacalhao Island
49.6869°N -54.5568°W 		Dir WRG 71m (233feet) 1302 H0635 23
Image 1859 Baccalieu Island
48.1499°N -52.7982°W 		Fl W 6s. 176m (577feet) 1736 H0498 7
Image 1953 Baccalieu Island
48.1073°N -52.8109°W 		Fl W 10s. 53m (174feet) 1740 H0500 16
1908 Bay Bulls
47.3109°N -52.7471°W 		Fl W 6s. 62.5m (205.1feet) 1872 H0452 7
1966 Bell Island
47.655°N -52.9164°W 		Fl W 6s. 53m (174feet) 1836 H0470 17
Brigus LightImage 1885 Brigus
47.5485°N -53.1821°W 		Fl W 3s. 34m (112feet) 1788 H0478 8
Cabot Islands Light Image 1880 Bonavista Bay
49.1751°N -53.3668°W 		Fl W 10s. 23m (75feet) 1496 H0576 17
Image 1962 Quirpon Island
51.6401°N -55.4272°W 		Fl W 15s. 54m (177feet) 1052 H0132 17
1843 Bonavista Peninsula
48.7015°N -53.0852°W 		Fl W 10s. 51m (167feet) 1644 H0536 16
Image 1964 Cape Norman
51.6283°N -55.9059°W 		Fl (3) W 30s. 35m (115feet) 1032 H0140 21
1907 Avalon Peninsula
46.6587°N -53.0738°W 		Fl W 7.5s 52m (171feet) 1904 H0444 24
1955 Cape Spear
47.52°N -52.6236°W 		Fl (3) W 15s. 71m (233feet) 1868 H0454 20
Image 1957 Cape St. Francis
47.8088°N -52.7867°W 		Fl W 5s. 29m (95feet) 1844 H0468 15
Image 1992 Conche
50.8862°N -55.8975°W 		Fl R 6s. 6m (20feet) 1096 H0722 4
1871 Ferryland
47.0169°N -52.8575°W 		Fl W 10s. 58m (190feet) 1876 H0450 15
1951 St. John's
47.5635°N -52.6804°W 		Fl W 15s. 40m (130feet) 1848 H0458 17
Image 2003 Fox Point
51.3562°N -55.5551°W 		Fl W 10s. 27m (89feet) 1068 H0730 17
Image 1857 Green Island (Catalina), Newfoundland
48.5041°N -53.0433°W 		Fl W 4s. 28m (92feet) 1648 H0526 15
Image 1883 Green Point
47.6115°N -53.1767°W 		L Fl W 10s. 17m (56feet) 1784 H0482 6
Gull Island Lighthouse Image 1884 Baie Verte Peninsula
49.9974°N -55.3633°W 		Fl W 10s. 160m (530feet) 1172 H0686 17
Image 1957 Hant's Harbour
48.0218°N -53.2545°W 		Iso W 6s. 20m (70feet) 1728 H0504 13
1901 Heart's Content
47.8823°N -53.3853°W 		Oc W 6s. 25m (82feet) 1716 H0510 8
1893 King's Cove
48.5758°N -53.3226°W 		Fl W 4s. 54m (177feet) 1620 H0540 5
Little Denier Island Lighthouse Image 1888 Bonavista Bay
48.6858°N -53.5897°W 		Fl W 3s. 91m (299feet) 1608 H0543 7
Long Island East End Light Image 2009 Lushes Bight–Beaumont–Beaumont North
49.5976°N -55.5804°W 		Fl W 6s. 31m (102feet) 1212 H0675 7
1876 Twillingate
49.6877°N -54.8001°W 		Fl W 5s. 101m (331feet) 1272 H0640 16
Image 1990s Wadham Islands
49.5935°N -53.763°W 		Fl W 3s. 30m (100feet) 1440 H0584 6
Peckford Island Lighthouse Image 1961 Wadham Islands
49.5305°N -53.8514°W 		Fl W 10s. 16m (52feet) 1440 H0586 17
Image 1956 Greenspond
49.0617°N -53.551°W 		Fl W 5s. 21m (69feet) 1556 H0556 16
Image 1895 Random Island
48.0947°N -53.5453°W 		Fl W 3s. 38m (125feet) 1704 H0514 7
Surgeon Cove Point Light Image 1911 Notre Dame Bay
49.5188°N -55.1173°W 		Fl W 5s. 74m (243feet) 1240 H0656 16
Image 1906 Westport
49.7863°N -56.6459°W 		Fl W 4s. 10m (30feet) 1140 H0704 7

Newfoundland South Coast

This is a list of lighthouses in Newfoundland South Coast.[6] [7]

Name Image Year
built 		Location &<br> coordinates Class of Light
Focal
height
NGA
number
Admiralty
number
Range
nml
Boar Island Light Image 1874 est. Burgeo
47.6066°N -57.5866°W 		Fl W 5s. 63m (207feet) 2394 H0260 15
1851 Cape Pine
46.6171°N -53.5316°W 		Fl W 5s. 96m (315feet) 1920 H0440 16
1959 Cape Ray
47.6211°N -59.3039°W 		Fl W 15s. 36m (118feet) 2492 H0220 17
1860 Cape St. Mary's
46.8231°N -54.1961°W 		Fl W 5s. 119m (390feet) 1952 H0432 21
1895 Channel-Port aux Basques
47.5659°N -59.1237°W 		Fl W 10s. 29m (95feet) 2468 H0222 17
Image 1971 est. Burnt Islands
47.5919°N -58.8974°W 		Fl W 5s. 18m (59feet) 2436 H0238 15
Image 1916 est. Pushthrough
47.6435°N -47.6435°W 		Fl W 5s. 17m (56feet) 2352 H0276 16
Image 1885 est. Garnish
47.2365°N -55.3583°W 		Q R 8m (26feet) 2264 H0318 6
Image 1922 Grand Bank
47.1013°N -55.7494°W 		Q G 8m (26feet) 2248 H0322 5
Image 1993
46.8801°N -56.0855°W 		Fl W 10s. 45m (148feet) 2156 H0348 15
Little Burin Island Light Image 1915 est. Placentia Bay
46.9806°N -55.1909°W 		Fl W 10s. 26m (85feet) 2120 H0364 17
Long Island South Point Light Image 2004
47.2981°N -54.7046°W 		Fl W 5s. 72m (236feet) 2068 H0380 5
Northwest Head Light Image 1902 Ramea
47.5125°N -57.4087°W 		Fl W 3s. 38m (125feet) 2380 H0264 13
Point Verde Light Image 1990 Point Verde
47.2376°N -54.0153°W 		Fl W 5s. 30m (100feet) 1960 H0422 13
Powles Head Light Image 1960 Trepassey
46.6902°N -53.4016°W 		Fl W 10s. 31m (102feet) 1908 H0442 22
Rose Blanche Light 1996 Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou
47.6017°N -58.6946°W 		Fl R 10s. 29m (95feet) 2418 H0242.5 13
St. Jacques Island Light Image 1908 St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove
47.4737°N -55.4061°W 		Fl W 6s. 40m (130feet) 2292 H0304 16

Newfoundland West Coast

This is a list of lighthouses in Newfoundland West Coast.[8] [9]

Name Image Year
built 		Location &<br> coordinates Class of Light
Focal
height
NGA
number
Admiralty
number
Range
nml
Broad Cove Point Range Front Light Image 1955 Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
48.6885°N -58.6845°W 		inactive since 2005 9m (30feet)
(tower) 		ex-2584 ex- H0199 ---
Broad Cove Point Range Rear Light Image 1955 Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
48.6862°N -58.6815°W 		inactive since 2005 15m (49feet)
(tower) 		ex-2588 ex-H0199.1 ---
1960 Cape Anguille
47.9007°N -59.4111°W 		Fl W 5s. 25m (82feet) 2504 H0218 15
1905 Cow Head
49.9201°N -57.8255°W 		inactive since 1988 5m (16feet)
(tower) 		ARLHS
CAN-680 		--- ---
Image 1899 Flowers Cove
51.3084°N -56.7485°W 		Fl G 3s. 5m (16feet) 2724 H0144 4
Harbour Point Light Image 1883 Harbour Point
48.4572°N -58.4887°W 		Fl W 6s. 11m (36feet) 2516 H0208 5
Keppel Island Light Image 1992 Port Saunders
50.6331°N -57.3221°W 		Fl W 15s. 36m (118feet) 2668 H0156 17
1897 Lobster Cove
49.6029°N -57.9559°W 		Iso W 4s. 35m (115feet) 2640 H0164 12
Image 1913 Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle
51.0226°N -57.0957°W 		Q (4) W 7.5s. 28m (92feet) 2704 H0149 20
1892 Port au Choix
50.6984°N -57.4105°W 		Fl W 5s. 29m (95feet) 2680 H0154 15
South Head Light Image 2010 Lark Harbour
49.1467°N -58.3704°W 		Fl W 4s. 35m (115feet) 2604 H0192 6
1959 Woody Point
49.5048°N -57.9125°W 		Fl R 4s. 14m (46feet) 2644 H0168 4

New Brunswick

See main article: List of lighthouses in New Brunswick.

Sources:[10] [11] [12]

Nova Scotia

Sources:[13]

Ontario

See main article: List of lighthouses in Ontario.

Sources:[15] [16]

Prince Edward Island

See main article: List of lighthouses in Prince Edward Island.

Quebec

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beautiful Lennard Island. Documentary film. National Film Board of Canada. 12 January 2011. Beverly Shaffer. Beverly Shaffer. Requires Adobe Flash. 1977.
  2. Web site: Lighthouses of British Columbia . fogwhistle.ca . 8 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100802065418/http://www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/ . 2 August 2010.
  3. 2017-02-05.
  4. 2017-02-10.
  5. 2017-02-10.
  6. 2017-02-14.
  7. 2017-02-14.
  8. 2017-02-15.
  9. 2017-02-15.
  10. http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Products/Groups/Lighthouses.aspx?allItems=true&searchPosition=21&productGroupID=bff4a1c3-a6e6-49b2-8980-48c3742668a8 Lighthouses in New Brunswick
  11. 8 August 2016.
  12. 8 August 2016.
  13. http://www.nslps.com/dir_AboutLights/LighthouseLists.aspx Complete list of lighthouses
  14. https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/s/sutherland_andrew.htm Andrew Sutherland
  15. Web site: Lake Huron (North and East) Lighthouses . lighthousesrus.org . 8 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611120356/http://www.lighthousesrus.org/HuronNE.htm . 11 June 2008 .
  16. Web site: Lake Ontario Lighthouses . lighthousesrus.org . 8 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100604023028/http://www.lighthousesrus.org/Ontario.htm . 4 June 2010.

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