The first lighthouse at Peggys Cove was built in 1868 and was a wooden house with a beacon on the roof. At sundown, the keeper lit a kerosene oil lamp magnified by a catoptric reflector (a silver-plated mirror) creating the red beacon light marking the eastern entrance to St. Margarets Bay. That lighthouse was replaced by the current structure, an octagonal lighthouse which was built in 1914. It is made of reinforced concrete but retains the eight-sided shape of earlier generations of wooden light towers. It stands almost 15 metres (49 ft) high. The old wooden lighthouse became the keeper's dwelling and remained near to the current lighthouse until it was damaged by Hurricane Edna in 1954 and was removed. The lighthouse was automated in 1958. Since then, the red light was changed to white light, then to a green light in the late 1970s. Finally to conform to world standards the light was changed to red in 2007.

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August 16, 2018

Judging by the crowds one might think that this is the only lighthouse on the whole Canadian east coast ......

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April 29, 2021

...but definitely the most beautiful in an extremely cool stone landscape.

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Location: Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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1. Peggy's Point Lighthouse – Peggy's Cove loop from Peggys Cove Preservation Area

2. Peggy's Point Lighthouse – Peggy's Cove loop from Peggys Cove

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