Lighthouse
In French: Phare de Peggy's Cove
Also known as Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
About Lighthouse
In Hatchet Lake, Lighthouse is the federal building of the highest heritage rank. Construction of Lighthouse is recorded as 1915–1916. Its makers on the record: Department of Marine and Fisheries. Within 400 m there is one more historic place.
The Lighthouse at Peggy’s Point is a tapered, octagonal, reinforced concrete structure with a plinth-like base, a tapered shaft, a flared cornice, and a lantern platform. The Lighthouse also features long, narrow windows each of which is capped with a simple concrete pediment, and a small vestibule with a sloped roof at the ground floor entrance. The Lighthouse is located on a barren rock outcrop at the entrance to St. Margaret’s Bay, and is visible from many vantage points. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Lighthouse · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
Of the buildings Canada owns, the most significant are Classified.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Hatchet Lake · about 200 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1LighthouseStart here
- 2St. John's Anglican ChurchMunicipally Registered Property · 200 m on
1 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Lighthouse
Is Lighthouse protected?
Yes, while the federal government owns it: changes go through its heritage review.
Can you visit Lighthouse?
You can see it from the street, while entry depends on its current use.
What is Lighthouse?
Since 2003, Lighthouse has been a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
When was Lighthouse built?
The register dates the construction of Lighthouse to 1915–1916.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
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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