Iles de Mai (May Islets) are a collection of small islands located in a bay just south of Port-Cartier. In 1910, the following Notice to Mariners announced the establishment of a lighthouse on Iles de Mai:

A lighthouse has been established by the Government of Canada on the most easterly islet of the May Islets, north shore of Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The lighthouse stands on the summit of the islet, about 200 feet back from the water’s edge. It is a square wooden building, surmounted by an octagonal wooden lantern, the whole painted white. The lighthouse is 22 feet high from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern.

The light is a fixed white light, elevated 54 feet above high water mark, and should be visible 12 miles from all points of approach. The illuminating apparatus is dioptric of the seventh order.

T. Thibaudeau supervised the day labour that built the wooden lighthouse at a cost of $598.68. R. H. Scougall was hired as the first keeper, but his service was short, as was that of his successor G. Poulin. A. Lebel took charge of the lighthouse in 1913 and served until 1923, when Mrs. A Lebel started to be listed as keeper. Starting in 1925, an A. Lebel was again listed as keeper, and he served until 1929, when the light was automated and made unwatched.

Iles de Mai Lighthouse survived through at least 1947, but there is no light at this location today.

Keepers: R.H. Scougall (1910 – 1911), G. Poulin (1912 – 1913), A. Lebel (1913 – 1923), Mrs. A. Lebel (1923 – 1925), A. Lebel (1925 – 1929).

References

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

No light exists at this location today.

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