Threatened Lighthouses

Offer Wadham Island Lighthouse

This lighthouse was replaced as an aid to navigation by an automated light on a skeleton tower. The lighthouse was originally built of brick and stone and was later encased in cast iron; in 1961 the tower was encased in concrete.

Baccalieu Island Light

This lighthouse was replaced as an aid to navigation by an automated light on a skeletal tower. It was originally a brick tower and was later encased in iron.

Little Burin Island Light

This station was established as a fog signal station in 1912; the light was added three years later. After the structure was damaged in a 1977 storm, the light was transferred to a skeleton tower.

Big Tignish Light

White, wooden, square pyramidal tower with red trim.
The lighthouse is on Judes Point Road in the village of Tignish Shore.

Cascumpeque Light

The old tower with attached dwelling that can be seen on the island near the presently active light is the second lighthouse (1899).

Cape Tryon Lighthouse

The Cape Tryon Lighthouse, near French River, was established in 1905.

It will take you some time to reach the Cape Tryon Lighthouse, if you enjoy beautiful scenery. The route to this one is through some of the most scenic countryside on Prince Edward Island.

The lighthouse itself sits at the end of a farm and the approach via the dirt farming road makes it appear to be in the middle of the field.

McNeil Beach Light

This light was made obsolete by the construction of the Seal Island Bridge in 1961. With the help of the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society, the lighthouse has been restored in recent years.

Man of War Point

This lighthouse is on the Doomsday List of Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society. As of July 2001 the lighthouse has been moved and is now in two pieces. A local woman is seeking funding to restore the lighthouse.

Sambro Lighthouse in 1999

Sambro Lighthouse is the oldest standing and operating lighthouse in the Americas. Legislation to establish the lighthouse was passed at the first session of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1758

Sable Island West End

This lighthouse has been rebuilt and moved several times. The present structure was discontinued on July 1, 2004.

Pine Island Lightstation

Pine Island is located in the northwest end of Queen Charlotte Strait.

Ontario’s Nottawasaga Island Lighthouse Severely Endangered

Gleaming limestone lighthouse known as one of the six “Imperial Towers” built in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron in the mid-1800s

Lighthouse Cove, Ontario, Canada

This was one of the first lighthouses built in Ontario, originally used to guide sailing and steam ships into the Thames river.

Boblo Island
Boblo Island was home to a popular amusement park for much of the 20th century. The island is a five minute ferry ride from Amherstburg, Ontario, and 18 miles from Detroit, Michigan. The lighthouse no longer has a lantern; it was destroyed by fire in 1954. The tower has recently been stablized by Parks Canada.

Pelee Island Lighthouse—Monument to Perseverance & Preservation

The Pelee Island Lighthouse as it appeared in the late 1800’s.

Mohawk Island Light

Mohawk Island Light was completed in 1848 to guide ships to Port Maitland and the Welland Canal.

Point Abino Light

The Point Abino lighthouse is considered an important example of Greek Revival architecture, and was one of the last lighthouses in Canada to be automated. It was originally built to replace the Buffalo Lightship, which sank with all hands in a 1913 storm. In May 2001, the town council voted to purchase the Point Abino lighthouse complex from the federal government and maintain it as a historic attraction. The Point Abino Lighthouse Preservation Society is working for the preservation of the lighthouse.

Burlington Bay Main Lighthouse: Ontario’s Forgotten Landmark

Due to the demands of the distressed mariners and area residents, a 54-foot wooden lighthouse was finally constructed along the Pier. This octagonal-shaped structure was built in 1837 by the American, John L. Williams, and was constructed of clapboard set on a stone foundation. Financing of the structure was made possible by way of shipping tolls

Scotch Bonnet Light

This tower has been gradually crumbling since it was discontinued and abandoned in 1959. According to a visitor to this site, the Canadian Coast Guard tried to pull the tower over sometime after 1959, causing much of the damage that can be seen today. Besides the remains of the tower, only two walls of the keeper's dwelling remain. An active skeleton tower stands close by.

The Prince Edward Point Lighthouse

The Prince Edward Point Lighthouse (also known as Traverse Point Lighthouse by locals) was built in 1881. The 36-foot tower displayed a red light from 1881 to 1941, and was dubbed "the red onion." The light was changed to green in 1941.

In 1959, the light was replaced with a skeleton tower, and the lantern room removed. The building remains lonely and abandoned today.

Lower Allumette Lake Light

Ottawa River; at the south end of Ïle Lighthouse, in the channel between Ïle Fraser and Ïle des Allumettes, opposite Westmeath, Ontario.

Pointe au Baudet Light

The first lighthouse here was destroyed by fire in 1876. Following the inauguration of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, the second lighthouse was replaced in 1962 by a white, steel skeleton tower. The Department of Transport wanted to demolish the old lighthouse, but two neighboring landowners obtained a 10-year lease on the plot of land on which it was located and cared for the building. Later, the lighthouse was allowed to deteriorate; the lantern and gallery were damaged by a violent storm in 1995 and are now missing. The town of Rivière Beaudette is investigating the possibility of restoring the lighthouse.

Ile Sainte-Hélène Light

This tower was built as the Ile Ronde Rear Range Light, but the range has been discontinued for many years and the front tower no longer remains. The surviving tower is often the target of vandals and clearly needs some care. It is on the grounds of the La Ronde amusement park managed by Six Flags.

Ile aux Oeufs Light
The keeper's house at this station was demolished in the 1970s. The first keeper here, Paul Côté, was a very religious man and set up the first floor of the lighthouse as a chapel where passing missionaries and priests could celebrate mass and provide religious services to the keeper and his family.

Long Pèlerin Light

The dwelling was demolished in the 1980s but the old tower remains, next to the skeleton tower that replaced it.

Pointe du Sud-Ouest Light

The original lighthouse here (it still stands but has been neglected and is in severe disrepair) was replaced in 1959 by a pyramidal metal tower with an automated light. That second tower was replaced in 1972 by a 50-foot square, skeleton tower, which is still active.

Escarpement Bagot Light

This lighthouse was replaced by a nearby steel tower in 1980. The dwelling was removed by 1989.

Gannet Rock Light

This lighthouse is built on a small, barren, rocky island. The present lantern room was installed in 1967. Since the light was automated in 1996 and the keepers were removed, the tower and keeper's house have deteriorated greatly. A cleanup at Gannet Rock was completed by the Coast Guard in early 2003. Sheetrock was removed from the interior of the dwelling and all trash was also removed. The Coast Guard hopes to do some restoration work on the exterior of the tower in 2004-5.

Grand Harbour Light
This lighthouse was called the "most endangered in North America" by Lighthouse Digest. It is owned by a New York City businessman, Errol Rainess. The American Lighthouse Foundation made a last-ditch effort to save the crumbling structure. Some stabilization was done to the lighthouse before the owner refused to allow anyone on the island. It is doubtful that the structure will last much longer.

St. Andrews Light

The St. Andrews Civic Trust moved this lighthouse away from the seawall where it stood in 2002 for restoration.