Lighttower
In French: Phare de l'île Sambro
Also known as Sambro Island Lighthouse
About Lighttower
In Harrietsfield, Lighttower is one of 3 federal buildings of the highest heritage rank. Lighttower went up in 1758–1761. Unknown designed it.
The Lighttower is a simple, well-proportioned profile with tapered octagonal shaft that is 82 feet high supporting a flaring lantern platform and a small utilitarian aluminium lantern. The stone and concrete shaft with narrow slit openings are concealed under wooden shingles, which have been painted in alternating red and white bands. A thick hardwood column supports a winding wooden staircase which climbs up through the tower’s center. Built on Sambro Island about 12 miles offshore, the Lighttower is the defining feature on a treeless and windswept outcropping. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Lighttower · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
Classified is the higher of the two ranks the federal government gives the heritage buildings it owns.
Finding Lighttower
Harrietsfield
To reach another historic place from here you will need more than a short walk.
Questions about Lighttower
When was Lighttower built?
Its register puts the building of Lighttower at 1758–1761.
Can you visit Lighttower?
Yes from the outside; whether it opens its doors is for its owner to say.
What is Lighttower?
Lighttower became a Classified Federal Heritage Building in 1996.
Is Lighttower protected?
As a Classified federal building, any work on it needs the federal heritage review’s advice while Canada owns it.
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Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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