Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Spectacle Island Lighthouse
Port Mouton, Queens, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- lighthouse
- Notice of registration date
- 11 September 2018
- Civic address
- 0 Burgess Road
- Community
- Port Mouton
- County
- Queens
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.91825, -64.80403
- File number
- Prov_file_304
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 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)
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Digby, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
Location on the northeastern tip of the Spectacle Islands; square design, form and proportions; wood-framed structure with tapered sides rising from a square base; coved cornice that supports a square gallery; simple iron railing surrounding the gallery; original square, iron lantern with a pyramidal roof and vent; single window on the eastern elevation; entry door with a simple shed dormer that projects from the southern façade; and colour scheme consisting of a white tower, cornice, and gallery, then red for the latern.