Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete
lighthouse
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, built in 1917 on
Georges Island in
Nova Scotia
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, replacing an earlier tower built in 1876. The light-keeper's house remains standing a few hundred feet to the north.
Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History
. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society. The lighthouse is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard
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.
History
The lighthouse was automated in 1972, and in 2005 the foghorn
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was decommissioned.
In the summer of 2006 the lighthouse was used by the U.S. Navy
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in training exercises.
List of lighthouse keepers
*1876–1920 Ross, Robert
*1920–1946 Nolan, W.H.
*1921 Ross, S.
*1921 Ross, J.
*1946 Bedgood, H.J.
*1946 Edwards, E.J.
*1946–1964 Matthews, Victor Maynard
*1964–1972 Barkhouse, D.D.
See also
*List of lighthouses in Canada
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References
External links
Georges Island Lighthouse at the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
Aids to Navigation
''Canadian Coast Guard''
Lighthouses completed in 1876
Lighthouses completed in 1917
Lighthouses in Nova Scotia
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