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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Website: http://peggys-cove.com
Notes:
Peggy's Cove is a tiny picturesque fishing village with a year round population of about 50 residents. The lighthouse is considered to be among the most photographed in the world. It has served as a post office (open in summer only) since 1972; visitors can mail their postcards inside the lower level of the lighthouse. It is the only combination lighthouse/post office in North America. There is a legend concerning a ghost named Peggy, who supposedly died in a shipwreck and washed ashore near the rocks here.
Tower Height: 43
Height of Focal Plane: 72
Characteristic and Range: Fixed green.
Description of Tower: White, octagonal concrete tower with red lantern.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1868: Wooden tower on roof of keeper's house.
Date Established: 1868
Date Present Tower Built: 1915
Optics: 1868: Oil lamp and atoptric reflector; 1915: Dioptric lens
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, post office.
Open To Public? Lower part (post office).
Directions:
Turn south off Route 103 onto Route 333 at Exit 2A or Exit 5. Continue on St. Margaret's Bay Road for 3 kilometers (1.6 miles). Turn west onto Prospect Road for about 40 kilometers (25 miles) and continue to Peggy's Cove. There is a gift shop and restaurant close to the lighthouse.
Keepers: E. Horn (1868-1874); W. Crooks (1874-1878); S. J. Massie (1878-1882); G. Swinehammer (1883-1902); S. H. Garrison (1926-1930); Robert R. Manuel (1934-1958).
Nearby Lodging: Hubbard's Beach Campground and Cottages, Shore Club Rd., Hubbards, Nova Scotia, B0J 1T0. Phone (902) 857-9460. Email: harnish@valleyweb.com
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