Lighthouse Sunset, Louisbourg Cape Breton

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We lived on the lighthouse for 3 years at the end of WWII. My father was the assistant keeper to Wilfred Covey and we shared the house which was a duplex. We had no electricity but had a telephone to report an emergency

 I was only 5 when we left the light but I  still have few stark memories. A fishing boat had foundered in rough seas and the crew had been rescued. The next morning I went down to the shore with my mother and we watched as a 2x6 chunk of wood from the boat washed ashore with the boat's alarm clock just sitting on it.

Louisbourg Lighthouse.

Location

City	Louisbourg
Province	Nova Scotia
Country	Canada

Navigation

Latitude	45° 54" 21'
Longitude	-59° 57" 31'
Format	DD DMS
Body of water	North side of Entrance to Louisbourg Harbour, Cape Breton
Height Above Water	105 feet
Light Characteristics	One-second white flash every 10 seconds

City

Louisbourg

Province

Nova Scotia

Country

Canada

Latitude

45° 54" 21'

Longitude

-59° 57" 31'

Format

DD DMS

Body of water

North side of Entrance to Louisbourg Harbour, Cape Breton

Height Above Water

105 feet

Light Characteristics

One-second white flash every 10 seconds