Sambro Harbour Lighthouse

© Kathy Brown

Sambro Harbour Lighthouse Locator Map

Old Lighthouse

© Courtesy Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
From the NSARM DOT Collection

SAMBRO HARBOUR - Light Details

• Location: On Bull Point, southwest side of entrance
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1961
• Began: 1899
• Year Lit: 1899
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Green (1990)
• Tower Height: 032ft feet high.
• Light Height: 034ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1922 - 1941 - 7th order dioptric lens, fixed red, 7m, 33ft, 38ft
• 1966 - 1970 - elevation reduced from 38 to 34 feet, maybe new tower
• 1989 - alteration of some form
• 1992 - electric lantern