Marache Point Lighthouse

Owned by the Government of Canada

For local tourist information, go to Isle Madame Lighthouses .

Photo - © Lew Perry, Marache Point Lighthouse
The lighthouse seen through light fog.

Marache Point Lighthouse Locator Map

MARACHE POINT - Light Details

• Location: South entrance to Arichat Harbour, Isle Madame
• 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: 1851
• Year Lit: 1851
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, red lantern
• Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
• Tower Height: 023ft feet high.
• Light Height: 034ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1849 - local residents established a beacon
• 1883 - catatropic light, 8m, listed as Arichat Harbour
• 1922 - 5th order dioptric lens, fixed white, 8m, 25ft, 34ft, hand fog horn
• 1930 - fog signal - 1973 - automated by this date

Lightkeepers for Marache Point Lighthouse

Coste, Joseph XXXX1857XX