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Managing Organization:
Coffin Island Lighthouse Heritage Society
Telephone: 902-354-2214
Contact Address Information:
PO Box 1724
Liverpool
Nova Scotia, B0T 1K0, Canada
Notes:
The first Coffin Island Light was the fifth lighthouse in Nova Scotia. The present Coffin Island Lighthouse was 150 feet from shore when it was constructed in 1914, but erosion ate away at the bluff until the tower teetered on the brink of falling over. The Coffin Island Lighthouse Heritage Society mounted a successful drive to build a stone armor wall around the lighthouse. The project was completed in the summer of 1999. The wall should afford protection for some years; more stones still need to be added to the wall. The lighthouse itself has fallen into disrepair since it was automated in 1961 (the keeper's house was torn down the same year).
Tower Height: 52
Description of Tower: White, octagonal steel-reinforced concrete tower with red lantern.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1812: 75-foot octagonal wooden tower.
Date Established: 1816
Date Present Tower Built: 1914
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
Accessible by boat only, although the lighthouse can be seen from spots along the shore, including the Beach Meadows Roadside Pull-off on Route 331 east of Liverpool.
Keepers: James McLeod (18??); Thomas Eaton (?-1871, died in service); ? Eaton (widow of Thomas, 1871); William Firth (1871-?).
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