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1868
The first lighthouse was a wooden house with a beacon on the roof
The first lighthouse at Peggy's Cove was built in 1868. At sundown the keeper lit a kerosene oil lamp magnified by a silver-plated mirror, making a red light that marked the eastern entrance to St. Margarets Bay.
1914
The present tower of 1914 is concrete in an eight-sided shape
The current octagonal lighthouse was built in 1914 of reinforced concrete, but keeps the eight-sided shape of earlier wooden towers. It stands almost 15 metres high. The old wooden lighthouse was damaged by Hurricane Edna in 1954 and removed.
The light
The light turned white, then green, then red again in 2007
The lighthouse was automated in 1958. Since then the red light was changed to white, then to green in the late 1970s. To conform to world standards, the light was changed to red in 2007.
The post office
A summer post office stamped mail with the shape of the lighthouse
A small Canada Post office in the lower level served as the village post office in summer. Each piece of mail received a special cancellation mark in the shape of the lighthouse. Canada Post closed it in November 2009, citing mold growth.
The rocks
Waves sweep several visitors off the rocks each year despite signs
Despite numerous signs warning of unpredictable surf, several visitors each year are swept off the granite rocks by waves, sometimes drowning. In 2021 a large viewing area was built to divert visitors from climbing on the rocks.
Day 2, morning
Next is Peggy's Cove.
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