Belliveau Cove Lighthouse

Owned by the Municipality of the District of Clare

For local tourist information, go to Baie Ste-Marie website

Belliveau Cove Lighthouse c.1990

© Courtesy Department of Fisheries and Oceans

BELLIVEAU COVE - Light Details

  • Light Type: Pierhead Light
  • Location: On eastern pierhead, north shore of cove
  • 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: 1889
  • Year Lit: 1889
  • Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, red lantern. 2009 List of Lights shows it as a red square tower.
  • Light Characteristic: Fixed Green (1943)
  • Tower Height: 022ft feet high.
  • Light Height: 024ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

  • 1922 - 1941 - 6th order dioptric lens, fixed green, 4m
  • 1964 - 1973 - discontinued between these dates

Belliveau Cove Lighthouse Locator Map

Highlights

  • County: Digby
  • Region: Yarmouth & Acadian Shore
  • Body of Water: St. Marys Bay
  • Scenic Drive: Evangeline Trail
  • Site Access: By Car
  • Characteristic: Fixed Green (1943)
  • Tower Height: 022 ft
  • Height Above Water: 024 ft
  • Latitude: 44~23~20.3
  • Longitude: 66~03~49.1
  • Off Shore: No
  • Still Standing: Yes
  • Still Operating: No

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