Pearl Island (Green Island) Lighthouse

There have been three lighthouses on Pearl Island. Light Specs have to be corrected..

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Image supplied by Paul Robison.
Photo - © Edwin Parker, The first Pearl Island Lighthouse in about 1927

Pearl Island (Green Island) Lighthouse Locator Map

PEARL ISLAND (GREEN ISLAND) - Light Details

• Location: On south point of island, entrance to Mahone Bay
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1963
• Began: 1874
• Year Lit: 1874
• Structure Type: Lantern, red, on roof of square wood building, white
• Light Characteristic: Occulting White (1922)
• Tower Height: 028ft feet high.
• Light Height: 059ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1922 - 4th order dioptric lens, tower attached to dwelling, 28ft, 66ft
• 1930 - listed at 38ft, fog horn in answer to vessels
• 1960 - 1962 - listed at 38ft and 75ft, hand fog horn in answer to vessels
• 1962 - 1965 - fog horn discontinued between these dates