Point Amour Lighthouse

Today we visited the Point Amour Lighthouse.

This lighthouse was built in 1857, part of a series of lighthouses situated to help ships transit the dangerous waters of the Strait of Belle Isle. This route was important because it reduced the transit time between Britain and Canada by two days.

At a hight of 109 feet, it's the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada and the second tallest in all of Canada. It houses a huge second order fresnel lens visible up to 18 nautical miles away.Read more