Grand Passage Lighthouse

Also known locally as:  Northern Point

Owned by the Municipality of the District of Digby

Once the lighthouse was a Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Base.

Photo - © Kathy Brown, Grand Passage Lighthouse c. 1997

Grand Passage Lighthouse Locator Map

GRAND PASSAGE I - Light Details

• Location: North point of Brier Island
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1901
• Year Lit: 1901
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, red lantern
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1941)
• Tower Height: 034ft feet high.
• Light Height: 062ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1904 - fog bell established
• 1922 - 5th order dioptric lens, group flashing white (15s), 15m
• 1941 - 5th order dioptric lens, fixed red, 8m - 1948 - fog horn established
• 1964 - 1966 - replaced by present tower between these dates

GRAND PASSAGE II - Light Details

• Location: North point of Brier 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 1988
• Began: 1965
• Year Lit: 1965
• Structure Type: Square tower, white, attached to fog signal building
• Light Characteristic: 1992: Flashing Red. 2009: Flashing White, Flash 0.3 sec; eclipse 9.7 sec.
• Light Height: 056ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1964 - 1966 - replaced tower of 1901
• 1992 - 5th order dioptric lens, flashing red (10s), fog signal
• presently houses Coast Guard lifeboat crew