SANDY POINT LIGHTHOUSE

Owned by the Sandy Point Community Recreation Group

Community Breakfast every 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month:  Click here for details.

For local tourist information, go to  Sandy Point Lighthouse Community Centre .

This attractive lighthouse, which originally was built on a pier, now sits on a crib at the east side of the entrance to Shelburne Harbour. At low tide the tapered wooden tower is accessible across a sand bar. There is a sandy beach, swimming, birding, and a community hall where snacks may be available. Many festivals and activities take place here in summer, especially lobster dinners.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Contributor: Kathy Brown
Source: NSLPS Database, Sandy Point Recreation Group
Photo - © Shirley Heneon

Location

SANDY POINT - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: East side of entrance to Shelburne Harbour, originally on a pier
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1980
• Decommissioned: This light has been decommissioned.
• Began: 1873
• Year Lit: 1873
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, concrete base
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1990)
• Tower Height: 044ft feet high.
• Light Height: 047ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1880 - alteration - 1922 - 4th order dioptric lens, fixed red, hand fog horn
• 1930 - hand fog signal in answer to vessels
• 1960 - 1965 - fog signal in operation
• 1965 - 1990 - fog horn discontinued - 1990 - electric lantern
• c. 1999 - decommissioned