Pease Island Lighthouse

A good example of a fiberglass tower with a concrete equipment building.

Photo - © Kathy Brown, Pease Island Lighthouse, 2005

Pease Island Lighthouse and the abandoned keeper`s house, 2005

Pease Island Lighthouse Locator Map

PEASE ISLAND I - Light Details

• Location: South side of island, Tusket Islands
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1879
• Year Lit: 1879
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white, dwelling attached
• Light Characteristic: Flashing White (1941)
• Tower Height: 042ft feet high.
• Light Height: 056ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1883 - catatropic light, occulting red, 12m, two lights in operation - 1898 -fog
• 1922 - 1941 - catatropic long focus lens, group flashing white (20s)
• 1922 - catatropic, fixed red lower light, 4m, hand fog horn
• 1930 - two lights, white, red light 16ft lower, hand fog signal

PEASE ISLAND III - Light Details

• Location: South side of island, Tusket Islands
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1992
• Began: 1992
• Year Lit: 1992
• Structure Type: Circular fibreglass tower, white
• Solarized: This light has been solarized.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1992 - replaced second tower

Lightkeepers for Pease Island Lighthouse

Malone, Ranford 1981