Battery Point Breakwater Lighthouse

Battery Point breakwater light is shown at an elevation of 22 feet (6.7 m) from a white square tower, on the outer end of the breakwater. A fog signal of one blast every 20 seconds is sounded from Battery Point; the horn points 130'.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Sailing Directions, Nova Scotia (Atlantic Coast) and Bay of Fundy, First Edition, 1990, Dept of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa, Canada, Photo - © Courtesy Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Battery Point Breakwater Lighthouse Map Locator Map

BATTERY POINT I - Light Details

• Location: On point, eastern entrance to Lunenburg Harbour
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1864
• Year Lit: 1864
• Structure Type: Lantern on roof of dwelling, white
• Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1883)
• Light Height: 050ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1883 - catatropic lens
• 1883 - 1922 - replaced by second tower, maybe new tower built on roof

BATTERY POINT II - Light Details

• Location: On point, eastern entrance to Lunenburg Harbour
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1937
• Year Lit: 1937
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white, on dwelling
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1941)
• Tower Height: 024ft feet high.
• Light Height: 081ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1883 - 1922 - replaced original tower of 1864, maybe new tower built on roof
• 1922 - 1941 - 4th order dioptric lens, hand fog horn
• 1930 - listed as square wood building, 24 ft, hand fog horn
• 1944 - 1960 - discontinued between these dates

BATTERY POINT III - Light Details

• Light Type: Breakwater Light
• Location: Outer end of breakwater, east side of Lunenburg
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1993
• Began: 1951
• Year Lit: 1951
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1992)
• Light Height: 025ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1937 - mechanical fog bell established
• 1941 - 6th order dioptric lens, fixed red, fog bell
• 1960 - 1965 - fog horn sounded from tower
• 1990 - 1992 - fog horn in operation, electric lantern