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Canadian Coast Guard

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A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
by Thomas E. Appleton

The Lights of Canada in 1867 with Dates of Establishment

Note: Lights marked * are no longer in existence although, in some cases, new ones may have been built nearby since 1867. Full particulars of existing aids to navigation will be found in the current List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals, published annually by the Department of Transport, obtainable from the Queen's Printer or from any

Lights in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Lights	Date of Establishement
N.E. Point, St. Paul Island	1839
S.W. Point, St. Paul Island	1831
Heath Point, Anticosti Island	1835
S.W. Point, Anticosti Island	1831
West Point, Anticosti Island	1858
Cap des Rosiers	1858
Gaspe Bay	1867*
Pointe des Monts	1830

Lights in New Brunswick

Lights	Date of Establishement
Machias Seal Island	1832
Gannet Rock	1831
Swallowtail	1860
West Quoddy Head	1808
Head Harbour	1829
St. Andrews	1833
Lepreau	1831
Partridge Island	1791
Saint John Harbour	1828*
Reeds Point	1850*
Quaco	1835
Cape Enrage	1840
Grindstone	1854
Shediac Harbour	1860
Richibucto Head	1864
Escuminac	1841
Miscou Island	1856

Lights in Nova Scotia

Lights	Date of Establishement
Parrsboro or Partridge Island	1852
Spencer Point	1863
Burntcoat	1859
Horton	1851
Black Rock	1848
Margaretsville	1859
Port Lome	1859
Port Williams or Marshall Cove	1859
Point Prim or Digby Gut	1817
Boars Head	1864
Brier Island	1809
Peter Island	1850
Westport	1850*
Yarmouth or Cape Fourchu	1839
Seal Island	1830
Tusket River	1864
Pubnico Harbour	1854
Cape Sable	1861
Baccaro	1850
Cape Roseway	1788
Ragged Island Harbour	1853*
Little Hope	1865
Fort Point	1855
Coffin Island	1812
Medway Head	1851
West Ironbound Island	1855
Battery Point (Lunenburg)	1864*
Cross Island	1832
Sambro	1758
Maugher Beach	1815
Devil's Island	1852*
Egg Island	1865
Beaver Island	1846
Whitehead Island	1854
Cranberry Island	1815
Guysborough Harbour	1846
Eddy Point	1851
Arichat	1851
Green Island	1865
Louisburg, original French light	1733
Louisburg	1842
Scatarie	1839
Flint Island	1856
Ciboux Island	1863
Low Point	1832*
Bird Island	1863*
Margaree	1854
Port Hood	1854*
North Canso	1842
Havre Boucher	1842
Cape George	1861
Pictou Island (East end)	1853
Pictou Bar	1834

Lights in the St. Lawrence River (Father Point to Lake St. Louis)

Lights	Date of Establishement
Father Point	1859
Bicquette Island	1844
Green Island	1809
Red Islet	1848
Brandy Pots	1862
Long Pilgrim	1862
Grande Ile, Kamouraska	1862
South Traverse Light Vessel	1836*
Stone Pillar	1843
Crane Island	1862*
Bellechasse	1862
St. Antoine	1858*
Ste. Croix	1842
Portneuf	1842
Platon	1816*
Richelieu	1816*
Langlois Point	1844
Cape Charles	1856*
Grondines	1857*
St. Pierre les Becquets	1844
Batiscan	1844
Champlain, Lower	1844
Cap de la Madeleine	1843
Port St. Francois	1849
Pointe du Lac	1843
East Lightship, Lake St. Peter	*
Centre Range, Upstream	1816
Centre Lightship, Lake St. Peter	1816*
West Lightship, Lake St. Peter	1828*
Ile aux Raisins, Lake St. Peter	1843
Stone Island or Ile à la Pierre	1867*
Sorel	1863*
Lavaltrie	1831
Contrecoeur Traverse	1857
Iles aux Prunes	1866*
Repentigny	1843
Ile à la Bague	1831*
Ile Ste Thérèse	1855
Pointe aux Trembles	1846*
Montreal	1830*
Lachine	1849*
Lightship No.1, Lake St. Louis	1849*
Lightship No.2, Lake St. Louis	1850*

Lights in the Ottawa River

Lights	Date of Establishement
Pointe Claire	1860
Pointe Claire Lightship	1860*
Green Shoal	1860

Lights in the St. Lawrence River (Chateauguay to Lake Ontario)

Lights	Date of Establishement
Chateauguay Lightship	1849*
Beauharnois	1850*
Knight Point	1848*
Grosse Point	1846*
Coteau Landing	1848*
McKie Point	1847*
Cherry Island	1847*
Cherry Light Vessel	1849*
Lancaster Range	1844
Cornwall Canal	1865*
Cole Shoal	1856*
Grenadier Island	1856
Lynedock Island	1856
Gananoque Narrows	1856
Jackstraw Shoal	1856
Spectacles Shoal	1856
Red Horse Rock	1856
Burnt Island	1856
Wolfe Island	1861

Lights in the Lake Ontario

Lights	Date of Establishement
Kingston	1844*
Snake Island	1858*
Nine Mile or Gage Point	1833
Outer Drake or False Ducks	1828
Point Pleasant or Indian Point	1866
Salt Point	1851*
Point Peter	1833
Scotch Bonnet or Egg Island	1856
Presqu'ile	1840
Cobourg	1844*
Peter Rock or Gull Island	1840
Newcastle	1847*
Oshawa, outer end, East Pier	1844
Whitby	1844
Frenchmans Bay or Pickering	1863*
Gibraltar Point	1808
Toronto Harbour, West Entrance	1838
Port Credit	1863*
Oakville	1863
Burlington Bay, South Tower, Railway Bridge	1838
Burlington Bay, South Pier	1845
Port Dalhousie	1852

Lights in the Lake Erie

Lights	Date of Establishement
Port Colborne	1852*
Mohawk Island	1848
Port Maitland	1846
Port Dover, West Pier	1846*
Long Point or North Foreland	1843
Port Burwell or Big Otter Creek	1840*
Port Stanley	1844
Point Pelee Reef	1861*
Pelee Island	1833*

Lights in the Detroit River

Lights	Date of Establishement
Bois Blanc	1837*

Lights in the Lake St. Clair

Lights	Date of Establishement
Thames River	1837

Lights in the Lake Huron

Lights	Date of Establishement
Goderich main light	1847
Point Clark	1859
Chantry Island	1859
Cove Island	1859*
Griffith Island	1859
Nottawasaga Island	1859
Collingwood	1858*
Christian Island	1859
Killarney East Or Red Rock Point	1866
Killarney West or Partridge Island	1866
Little Current	1866*
Clapperton Island	1866
Spider Island	1866

Lights in the Lake Superior

Lights	Date of Establishement
St. Ignace	1866*

Lights in Prince Edawrd Island

Lights	Date of Establishement
East Point	1867
Panmure Head	1853
Point Prim	1846
Blockhouse Point	1851
Sea Cow Head	1863
Summerside	1856
North Point	1866
St. Peters	1865
Fish Island	1856
Cascumpec	1856

Lights in British Columbia

Lights	Date of Establishement
Race Rocks	1861
Fisgard	1861
Fraser River, lightship	1866*

Lights in Newfoundland

Lights	Date of Establishement
Belle Isle, South	1858
Amour Point	1858
Gallantry Head	1862
Dodding Head	1858
Cape St. Mary	1860
Cape Pine	1821
Cape Race	1856
Brunet Island	1865
Offer Wadham Island	1858
Green Island	1857
Baccalieu Island	1859
Harbour Grace	1836
Harbour Grace Islands	1836
Fort Amherst (St. John's)	1813
Cape Spear	1835
Cape Bonavista	1843

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