Anderson Hollow Lighthouse, New Brunswick Canada at Lighthousefriends.com

	Anderson Hollow, NB

Description: Anderson Hollow Lighthouse is unquestionably the most well-traveled lighthouse in New Brunswick. Originally located at the end of a long breakwater in the community of Waterside, the surviving lighthouse was preceded by three others that succumbed to the elements before this tower was built in 1907. Sometime prior to 1947 the lighthouse was relocated from the wharf to the shore in an effort to save it from storms. There it acted as a backup light to a mast and shed light that replaced it on the wharf. The 1947 List of Lights states: “if for any reason it becomes impossible to show this fixed white light from the end of the breakwater, a fixed red light will be shown temporarily from the lighthouse on shore.”

Anderson Hollow Lighthouse
Photograph courtesy Canadian Coast Guard

At some point, the lighthouse was moved to the nearby residence of Herbert Armstrong where it stood next to the family’s large Victorian house (still standing). In the early part of the 20th century, Mr. Armstrong served as keeper at the Martin Head Lighthouse, where he and his wife raised five children. The Armstrongs moved to the house in Waterside after leaving Martin Head. The Victorian house was sold in the 1960s, and the lighthouse quickly fell into disrepair. In the 1970s, funds were raised to purchase the lighthouse, and ownership was transferred to the Albert County Heritage Trust under the guidance of Mary Mijka. The lighthouse was then moved again, this time to the intersection of Route 114 and Route 915 in Riverside-Albert where it stood next to the Old Bank Museum overlooking the narrow Crooked Creek.
Finally, on October 31st, 2001 (a number of people thought it was a Halloween prank) the lighthouse was moved for hopefully a final time to what later became known as the Harvey Bank Heritage Shipyard Park, a pastoral setting on nearby Mary’s Point where Shepody River meets Shepody Bay. The Anderson Hollow Lighthouse was fixed up, an old wharf was reconstructed on the former shipbuilding site, and a replica of an old sailing ship was added along with attractive fencing and a picnic area making this one of the most photogenic lighthouses in New Brunswick.
References

Information provided by Kelly Anne Loughery.

Location: Located on Mary's Point at the Harvey Bank Heritage Shipyard Park.
Latitude: 45.73518
Longitude: -64.69728

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Travel Instructions: From Route 915 in Harvey turn northeast onto Mary’s Point Road, and the Anderson Hollow Lighthouse will be visible on your left after roughly 1.6km (1 mile).

The lighthouse is owned by Albert County Heritage Trust. Grounds open, tower closed.

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