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Managing Organization:
Fundy Shore Ecotour
Telephone: 902-664-2108
Website: http://www.fundyshoreecotour.ns.ca/
Notes:
This station was established in 1875 with a fog signal only; the light was added in 1922. Today one of the former keeper's houses is run as a guest house, and the other is a restaurant.
Height of Focal Plane: 80
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 7.5 seconds, visible for 13 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White square concrete tower on corner of white square building.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1922
Date Present Tower Built: 1965
Date Automated: 1989
Fog Signal: Three two-second blasts every 60 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, guest house, restaurant.
Open To Public? Yes.
Directions:
On Route 209, watch for signs for Cape d'Or and the Fundy Ecotour. Turn off between Spencers Island and Advocate Harbour. On that road turn left on a gravel road and follow about 3.4 miles to the light. The light station is open to the public from mid-May to mid-October from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner.
Keepers: Walter Barteaux (1939-1958), Ernie Morris (?-1989).
Nearby Lodging: There is a guest house in one of the restored keeper's houses. Call 902-670-0534 or 902-392-2933 for information.
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