Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada

by Baird, David

• ISBN13: 9780889952751
• ISBN10: 0889952752
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Red Deer Pr

Summary

Canada's east coast currently has several hundred lighthouses, and this expansive volume features nearly 250 of them, complete with directions on how to reach those that are accessible. The stories surrounding each of these remarkable monuments provide riveting accounts of personal sacrifice, heroism and ingenuity.This fascinating work is packed with color photographs from the famed Peggy's Point Cove to the most remote parts of Atlantic Canada. There are in-depth chapters that focus on different types of lighthouses, as well as how the lights themselves work.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Flash of Light on a Dark Sea	7	(22)
About this Book	10	(1)
Lighthouses in History	11	(2)
Canadian Lighthouse Styles	13	(6)
Lights and Lamps	19	(10)
Lighthouses of Quebec	29	(36)
St. Lawrence River Upper North and South Shores	32	(10)
St. Lawrence River Lower North Shore, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Gaspé Peninsula	42	(23)
Lighthouses of New Brunswick	65	(32)
South Coast	66	(20)
East Coast to Miramichi and Bay Chaleur	86	(11)
Lighthouses of Prince Edward Island	97	(30)
Charlottetown East to Central North Shore	100	(10)
Charlottetown West to Central North Shore	110	(17)
Lighthouses of Nova Scotia	127	(78)
Yarmouth to Fundy	129	(12)
Head of Fundy	141	(7)
Yarmouth to Halifax	148	(21)
Halifax to Canso	169	(9)
New Brunswick Border to Canso	178	(8)
Cape Breton Island	186	(19)
Lighthouses of Newfoundland	205	(32)
Strait of Belle Isle and North Coast	208	(7)
Avalon Peninsula	215	(12)
West Coast from Rose Blanche	227	(10)
Epilogue: The Lighthouse	237	(1)
References and Selected Readings	238	(1)
About the Author	238	(1)
Index of Lights	239