Bunker Island Lighthouse
Bunker Island Lighthouse, 2005
`The Bug Light`
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Bunker Island Lighthouse Locator Map

BUNKER ISLAND I - Light Details
- Light Type: Cassion Light
- Location: On reef, SW point of Bunker Island
- Standing: This light is no longer standing.
- Operating: This light is no longer operating.
- Began: 1873
- Year Lit: 1874
- Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, on cassion
- Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1922)
- Tower Height: 027ft feet high.
- Light Height: 031ft feet above water level.
History Items for This Lighthouse
- 1874 - 1883 - catatropic lens, fixed red, 10m, listed as Yarmouth Harbour
- 1885 - fog bell established
- 1922 - 4th order dioptric lens, fog bell in operation
- 1924 - replaced by second tower (may have burnt)
BUNKER ISLAND II - Light Details
- Light Type: Cassion Light
- Location: On reef, SW point of Bunker Island
- Standing: This light is no longer standing.
- Operating: This light is no longer operating.
- Began: 1924
- Year Lit: 1924
- Structure Type: Square wood tower, on dwelling, white, on red cassion
- Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1941)
- Light Height: 032ft feet above water level.
History Items for This Lighthouse
- 1924 - replaced original tower of 1874 (may have burnt)
- 1941 - 4th order dioptric lens, mechanical fog bell
- 1954 - hurricane Edna caused considerable damage
- 1959 - replaced by present tower
BUNKER ISLAND III - Light Details
- Light Type: Cassion Light
- Location: On reef, SW point of Bunker Island
- Standing: This light is still standing.
- Operating: This light is operational
- Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
- Date Automated: Automated by 1984
- Began: 1959
- Year Lit: 1959
- Structure Type: Square concrete tower, on engine room, white, on red cassion
- Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1992)
- Tower Height: 030ft feet high.
- Light Height: 032ft feet above water level.
History Items for This Lighthouse
- 1959 - replaced second tower (doesn't show in pilot until 1962)
- 1990 - alteration of some form
- 1992 - dioptric lens, electric lantern, fog signal in operation
Lightkeepers for Bunker Island Lighthouse
- Doane, Mr. 1930
- Cottreau, Jules 1930-1963
- King, Earl 1963-1966
- King, David 1966-1967
- Manser, Charles 1967-1981