RIVER BOURGEOIS (INLET) LIGHTHOUSE

Location

RIVER BOURGEOIS (INLET) - Light Details

• Location: East entrance to Bourgeois Inlet
• 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: 1903
• Year Lit: 1903
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, red and white rectangular daymark.
• Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1922)
• Tower Height: 027ft feet high.
• Light Height: 025ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1922 - 7th order dioptric lens
• 1973 - automated prior to this date
• 1990 (1991) - replaced by steel skeleton tower.
• 2005: lighthouse restored and in the care of the community. Lit at night , seasonally, as a private aid to navigation.