Point Prim Lighthouse
In French: Phare de Point Prim
Point Prim Road, Belfast
About Point Prim Lighthouse
In Belfast, Point Prim Lighthouse is the designated heritage lighthouse. Its record dates Point Prim Lighthouse to 1845.
Point Prim Lighthouse is located in a grassy clearing at the end of Point Prim on a point of land extending into the Northumberland Strait. It marks the southeastern entrance to Hillsborough Bay and Charlottetown Harbour. The lighthouse is a tapered, cylindrical, brick structure covered in wood shingles, and measures 18.3 metres (60 feet) from base to vane. The tower possesses a prominent but elegant taper and a projected lantern platform supported by brackets. It is topped by a multi-sided cast iron lantern.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Point Prim Lighthouse · Open Government Licence – Canada · in the register’s words, not edited
Heritage lighthouses are designated under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act of 2008.
Finding Point Prim Lighthouse
Belfast
No second historic place is close enough here to make a walk of it.
Questions about Point Prim Lighthouse
What is Point Prim Lighthouse?
Point Prim Lighthouse is a Heritage Lighthouse of Canada, designated in 2015.
Is Point Prim Lighthouse protected?
Its designation under the federal lighthouse act protects it.
Can you visit Point Prim Lighthouse?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Point Prim Lighthouse built?
Work on Point Prim Lighthouse is recorded as 1845.
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