SCATARIE LIGHTHOUSE

Also known locally as:  North East Light

Location

SCATARIE I - Light Details

• Location: On Trap Rock, northeast point of Scaterie Island
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1839
• Date Lit: Dec 01, 1839
• Year Lit: 1839
• Structure Type: Octagonal wood tower, white, circular red metal lantern
• Light Characteristic: Occulting White (1883)
• Tower Height: 073ft feet high.
• Light Height: 090ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1833 - House Committee recommended construction of lighthouse
• 1839 - lighthouse, lifesaving boat, fog gun established
• 1883 - catatropic lens, occulting white (90s)
• 1922 - 1943 - 2nd order dioptric lens, group flashing white (24s), diaphone

SCATARIE II - Light Details

• Location: On east end of Scatarie Island
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: c. 1955
• Year Lit: 1953
• Structure Type: Steel skeleton tower
• Light Height: 074ft feet above water level.
• Skeleton Tower: This is a skeleton tower.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1955 - 1962 - replaced original tower
• 1987 - replaced by present tower

SCATARIE III - Light Details

• Location: On northeast point of Scaterie 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 1987
• Began: 1981
• Year Lit: 1981
• Structure Type: Square white tower on fog signal building
• Light Characteristic: Flashing White (1992)
• Tower Height: 044ft feet high.
• Light Height: 064ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1987 - replaced second tower
• 1992 - flashing white (30s), electric lantern

Lightkeepers for Scatarie Lighthouse

• Dodd, James 1839-1855 East Light
• Dodd, Edmund J. 1855-1861 East Light
• McLean, John 1861- East Light
• Campbell, Tommy X East Light
• Parsons, James Robert 1948 - 1951
• Ringer, Bill 1960 - 1964
• Spears, Robert 19XX-1987 East Light
• Pope, Capt. John 13 yrs West Light
• Campbell, Thomas 20 yrs West Light
• Burke, James 33 yrs West Light
• Campbell, Eliza 21 yrs West Light