Chebucto Head Lighthouse

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Two lighthouses today, this was the first. Chebucto Head is a Canadian headland on Nova Scotia's Chebucto Peninsula located within the community of Duncan's Cove. This area is just across the harbor from our next lighthouse (Terence Bay).

The first lighthouse here was built in 1872. It was replaced by a second tower in 1928. That tower was demolished in 1940 and a new lighthouse and combined keeper's dwelling was built. The house remained the keeper's dwelling until the light was destaffed in the 1990s. The house fell prey to repeated vandalism after the Canadian Coast Guard cancelled the lease of the tenants who lived in and looked after the house.

Eventually, a community group formed the Chebucto Head Lighthouse Society. One of their goals was to preserve the lighthouse and the keeper's house). Once they had completed all the paperwork with DFO (Dept of Fisheries and Oceans), they were ready to start the restoration. Unfortunately, just as they were about to begin work, the house burnt to the ground on a very foggy night. Articles claim the origin of the fire was never determined, but it was regarded as suspicious. Since the Society was unable to raise the funds necessary to replace the keeper's house, the lighthouse now stands alone (along with a concrete structure. Not sure what that building was originally.).

Be sure to view the "Previous Entry" in order to see the Terence Bay Lighthouse.

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Photos

01_Road leading to lighthouse
This road leads into the Duncan's Cove Nature Reserve and up to the lighthouse.

06_LH building
Not sure what this building was originally, but it had several small rooms inside.

07_inside bldg
I only went into a couple of the rooms, because it was a little creepy and had many mosquitoes. :-)

08_LH building
A view of the building as I climbed around to the other side.

09_harbour view
This was a harbor that we saw along the route.

10_harbour view
Gorgeous little harbor!

11_harbour view
The harbor had a nice large boat dock.

12_lobster boats
These boats were anchored in the Terence Bay River. The boats actually looked to pristine and pretty to be work boats.

14_lobster boats
The area was littered with colorful boats. Such a cool picture.

Comments

[Lauri Hildebrandt]

Beautiful
Thank you for sharing. I love reading about your trips. Looks like your having a wonderful time. We just got back from Sanibel and a much needed break.

[Cyn]

Chebucto
LOL - looks like they need to cut back some small bushes on that road. Terence Bay looked pretty. I'm surprised there are so many lighthouses, you've got to be 'loving' it. :-)

[debgen]

Chebucto
This one is not really maintained well. Yes, I love seeing all the lighthouses, however, they are all starting to look the same. LOL