Louisbourg Lighthouse�is the second lighthouse in our lighthouse series. It is an active Canadian lighthouse in�Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. The current tower is the fourth in a series of lighthouses that have been built on the site, the earliest was...
Louisbourg Lighthouse�is the second lighthouse in our lighthouse series. It is an active Canadian lighthouse in�Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. The current tower is the fourth in a series of lighthouses that have been built on the site, the earliest was the first lighthouse in�Canada.
Construction began on the lighthouse in 1730 to assist navigation to�the Fortress of Louisbourg. It was completed in 1734. A fire in 1736 destroyed the lantern but the stone tower was unharmed and a new lantern was installed in 1738. Lighthouse Point played a decisive role in both the�Siege of 1745�and�1758�as, once captured, it provided a commanding gun battery location to bombard the fortress. This lighthouse was badly damaged in 1758 during the�Final Siege of Louisbourg�and abandoned by the British after they demolished the fortress. Stonework ruins from the first tower are still visible at the site.
A new square wooden lighthouse with a black stripe was built by the government of�Nova Scotia�in 1842. The lighthouse was a large�2+1?2-story wooden building supported by a massive masonry base. It included the keeper�s dwelling in the base of the light. A�fog horn�building was added in 1902. This lighthouse was destroyed by fire in 1922. The foundation remains visible today and has been excavated and stabilized by�Parks Canada�archaeologists.
An octagonal concrete lighthouse decorated with neoclassical architectural features was built in 1923. The tower is a twin of the�Georges Island Lighthouse�in�Halifax,�Nova Scotia. The Louisbourg lighthouse was destaffed in 1990. The lighthouse is a popular lookoff point and in 2008 became the start of a coastal walking trail, the�Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail. Interpretive plaques mark the ruins of the previous lighthouses.
The post LOUISBOURG LIGHTHOUSE first appeared on Back Home Bed and Breakfast.
