Bunker Island Lighthouse

Bunker Island Lighthouse, 2005

`The Bug Light`

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Bunker Island Lighthouse Locator Map

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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

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Lightkeepers for Bunker Island Lighthouse

• Doane, Mr. 1930
• Cottreau, Jules 1930-1963
• King, Earl 1963-1966
• King, David 1966-1967
• Manser, Charles 1967-1981