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 Bayswater, NB    
Lighthouse accessible by car and a short, easy walk.
Description: Bayswater Lighthouse and McColgan Point Lighthouse, separated by just 2.8 km (1.7 miles), were both built in 1913 by B.R. Palmer of Tennant’s Cove. While McColgan Point Lighthouse was originally equipped with a sixth-order lens, a fifth-order lens was used in Bayswater Lighthouse. The towers are nearly identical, but the contract price for Bayswater was $825, while McColgan was built for $700.

Bayswater lighthouse was deactivated in 2005. Besides the tower, Bayswater also has an interesting covered bridge, dating from 1920, that spans nearby Milkish Creek.

In 2010 a local community group was given a two-year lease on the lighthouse with the assumption that it would be turned over to them at the end of the contract. They quickly erected scaffolding and painted the tower. Plans for landscaping are set for 2011.

Information on Bayswater Lighthouse
History Light Characteristics Focal Height Nominal Range Description/Height of tower above ground
Erected in 1913. Inactive. Inactive. Inactive. White four-sided, tapered, “salt shaker” tower, with red lantern. 8.2 m. (26.9')

Keepers: F. E. Currie (1913 – at least 1923).

References

  1. Annual Report of the Department of Marine, various years.

Location: Located immediately adjacent to Route 845 near the community of Bayswater on the Kingston Peninsula.
Latitude: 45.350547
Longitude: -66.133361

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Travel Instructions: On the Kingston Peninsula, take Route 845 just a short distance south of Bayswater and you will find the Bayswater Lighthouse alongside the road.

The lighthouse is owned by the Canadian Coast Guard. Grounds open, tower closed.

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