PICTOU HARBOUR FRONT RANGE LIGHT

Front Range Light

© Lew Perry

Rear Range Light

© Lew Perry

Location

PICTOU HARBOUR RANGE LIGHTS FRONT - Light Details

• Light Type: Front Range Light
• Location: On north side of entrance to harbour
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1965
• Began: 1889
• Year Lit: 1889
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1922)
• Tower Height: 027ft feet high.
• Light Height: 056ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1896, 1909 - alterations in these years
• 1922 - catatropic lens, 38ft, 65ft - 1925 - alteration