Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Sandy Point Lighthouse
Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- lighthouse
- Year built
- 1880
- Decade built
- 1880-1889
- Notice of registration date
- 1 October 2009
- Civic address
- 1586 Sandy Point Road
- Community
- Sandy Point
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.69156, -65.32541
- File number
- Prov_file_276
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its architectural elements; its history; location in Shelburne Harbour and its connection to the NS Age of Sail. Because of its character defining elements, including: its tall, slim, squared-tapered profile and Neo-classical detailing, such as the small pediment over the door and the scrolled brackets at the cornice; its functional characteristics, appropriate to its purpose and location, such as the square-tapered design for stability and portability, the shore-sided door for emergency purposes, the placement of windows on each storey for illumination, the open balcony to service light standard, the hipped roof, the centrally mounted lantern; the painted wood-shingle cladding; and its location on a low water sand spit at the inner entrance to Shelburne Harbour
Character-defining elements
Character defining elements of the Sandy Point Lighthouse include:
- tall, slim, square-tapered profile;
- neo-classical detailing, such as the small pediment over the door and the scrolled brackets at the cornice;
- its functional characteristics, appropriate to its purpose and location, such as the square-tapered design for stability and location, the shore-sided door for emergency purposes, the placement of windows on each storey for illumination, the open balcony to service light standard, hipped roof, the centrally-mounted lantern, and the painted wood shingle cladding;
- its location on a low water sand spit at the inner entrance to the harbour.