Bunker Island Lighthouse

Owned by the Government of Canada

View from the Lost to the Sea Memorial Park  1045 Yarmouth Bar Rd, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

View No Ka Oi Drone Video - Cape Forchu & Bunker Island Lighthouses, Nova Scotia, Canada

Bunker Island Lighthouse, 2005 aka `The Bug Light`

© Photo - Kathy Brown

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Bunker Island Lighthouse Locator Map

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BUNKER ISLAND I - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: On reef, SW point of Bunker Island
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1873
• Year Lit: 1874
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, on cassion
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1922)
• Tower Height: 027ft feet high.
• Light Height: 031ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1874 - 1883 - catatropic lens, fixed red, 10m, listed as Yarmouth Harbour
• 1885 - fog bell established
• 1922 - 4th order dioptric lens, fog bell in operation
• 1924 - replaced by second tower (may have burnt)

BUNKER ISLAND II - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: On reef, SW point of Bunker Island
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1924
• Year Lit: 1924
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, on dwelling, white, on red cassion
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1941)
• Light Height: 032ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1924 - replaced original tower of 1874 (may have burnt)
• 1941 - 4th order dioptric lens, mechanical fog bell
• 1954 - hurricane Edna caused considerable damage
• 1959 - replaced by present tower

BUNKER ISLAND III - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: On reef, SW point of Bunker Island
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1984
• Began: 1959
• Year Lit: 1959
• Structure Type: Square concrete tower, on engine room, white, on red cassion
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1992)
• Tower Height: 030ft feet high.
• Light Height: 032ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1959 - replaced second tower (doesn't show in pilot until 1962)
• 1990 - alteration of some form
• 1992 - dioptric lens, electric lantern, fog signal in operation

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Lightkeepers for Bunker Island Lighthouse

• Doane, Mr. 1930
• Cottreau, Jules 1930-1963
• King, Earl 1963-1966
• King, David 1966-1967
• Manser, Charles 1967-1981