PORT MOUTON LIGHTHOUSE

This lighthouse is called Spectacle Island Lighthouse by the community.

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Port Mouton Lighthouse, on Spectacle Island, c. 1925
Photos - © Courtesy Paul Robison

Location

PORT MOUTON I - Light Details

• Location: On northeastern point of Spectacle Island
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1873
• Year Lit: 1873
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white, red iron lantern
• Tower Height: 020ft feet high.
• Light Height: 055ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1883 - fixed red, 10m - 1922 - 4th order dioptric lens, fixed white, 11m, 20ft
• 1930 - hand fog horn in answer to vessels
• 1960 - listed at 28ft, probably later a new tower
• 1992 - flashing white (10s)

PORT MOUTON II - Light Details

• Location: On northeastern point of Spectacle 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 1993
• Began: 1937
• Year Lit: 1937
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white, white wood lantern
• Light Characteristic: Flashing White (1992)
• Tower Height: 028ft feet high.
• Light Height: 055ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

1937 - replaced original tower of 1873