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USQUE AD MARE
A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
by Thomas E. Appleton
The Lights of Canada in 1867 with Dates of Establishment
Note: Lights marked * are no longer in existence although, in some cases, new ones may have been built nearby since 1867. Full particulars of existing aids to navigation will be found in the current List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals, published annually by the Department of Transport, obtainable from the Queen's Printer or from any
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| N.E. Point, St. Paul Island | 1839 |
| S.W. Point, St. Paul Island | 1831 |
| Heath Point, Anticosti Island | 1835 |
| S.W. Point, Anticosti Island | 1831 |
| West Point, Anticosti Island | 1858 |
| Cap des Rosiers | 1858 |
| Gaspe Bay | 1867* |
| Pointe des Monts | 1830 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Machias Seal Island | 1832 |
| Gannet Rock | 1831 |
| Swallowtail | 1860 |
| West Quoddy Head | 1808 |
| Head Harbour | 1829 |
| St. Andrews | 1833 |
| Lepreau | 1831 |
| Partridge Island | 1791 |
| Saint John Harbour | 1828* |
| Reeds Point | 1850* |
| Quaco | 1835 |
| Cape Enrage | 1840 |
| Grindstone | 1854 |
| Shediac Harbour | 1860 |
| Richibucto Head | 1864 |
| Escuminac | 1841 |
| Miscou Island | 1856 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Parrsboro or Partridge Island | 1852 |
| Spencer Point | 1863 |
| Burntcoat | 1859 |
| Horton | 1851 |
| Black Rock | 1848 |
| Margaretsville | 1859 |
| Port Lome | 1859 |
| Port Williams or Marshall Cove | 1859 |
| Point Prim or Digby Gut | 1817 |
| Boars Head | 1864 |
| Brier Island | 1809 |
| Peter Island | 1850 |
| Westport | 1850* |
| Yarmouth or Cape Fourchu | 1839 |
| Seal Island | 1830 |
| Tusket River | 1864 |
| Pubnico Harbour | 1854 |
| Cape Sable | 1861 |
| Baccaro | 1850 |
| Cape Roseway | 1788 |
| Ragged Island Harbour | 1853* |
| Little Hope | 1865 |
| Fort Point | 1855 |
| Coffin Island | 1812 |
| Medway Head | 1851 |
| West Ironbound Island | 1855 |
| Battery Point (Lunenburg) | 1864* |
| Cross Island | 1832 |
| Sambro | 1758 |
| Maugher Beach | 1815 |
| Devil's Island | 1852* |
| Egg Island | 1865 |
| Beaver Island | 1846 |
| Whitehead Island | 1854 |
| Cranberry Island | 1815 |
| Guysborough Harbour | 1846 |
| Eddy Point | 1851 |
| Arichat | 1851 |
| Green Island | 1865 |
| Louisburg, original French light | 1733 |
| Louisburg | 1842 |
| Scatarie | 1839 |
| Flint Island | 1856 |
| Ciboux Island | 1863 |
| Low Point | 1832* |
| Bird Island | 1863* |
| Margaree | 1854 |
| Port Hood | 1854* |
| North Canso | 1842 |
| Havre Boucher | 1842 |
| Cape George | 1861 |
| Pictou Island (East end) | 1853 |
| Pictou Bar | 1834 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Father Point | 1859 |
| Bicquette Island | 1844 |
| Green Island | 1809 |
| Red Islet | 1848 |
| Brandy Pots | 1862 |
| Long Pilgrim | 1862 |
| Grande Ile, Kamouraska | 1862 |
| South Traverse Light Vessel | 1836* |
| Stone Pillar | 1843 |
| Crane Island | 1862* |
| Bellechasse | 1862 |
| St. Antoine | 1858* |
| Ste. Croix | 1842 |
| Portneuf | 1842 |
| Platon | 1816* |
| Richelieu | 1816* |
| Langlois Point | 1844 |
| Cape Charles | 1856* |
| Grondines | 1857* |
| St. Pierre les Becquets | 1844 |
| Batiscan | 1844 |
| Champlain, Lower | 1844 |
| Cap de la Madeleine | 1843 |
| Port St. Francois | 1849 |
| Pointe du Lac | 1843 |
| East Lightship, Lake St. Peter | * |
| Centre Range, Upstream | 1816 |
| Centre Lightship, Lake St. Peter | 1816* |
| West Lightship, Lake St. Peter | 1828* |
| Ile aux Raisins, Lake St. Peter | 1843 |
| Stone Island or Ile à la Pierre | 1867* |
| Sorel | 1863* |
| Lavaltrie | 1831 |
| Contrecoeur Traverse | 1857 |
| Iles aux Prunes | 1866* |
| Repentigny | 1843 |
| Ile à la Bague | 1831* |
| Ile Ste Thérèse | 1855 |
| Pointe aux Trembles | 1846* |
| Montreal | 1830* |
| Lachine | 1849* |
| Lightship No.1, Lake St. Louis | 1849* |
| Lightship No.2, Lake St. Louis | 1850* |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Pointe Claire | 1860 |
| Pointe Claire Lightship | 1860* |
| Green Shoal | 1860 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Chateauguay Lightship | 1849* |
| Beauharnois | 1850* |
| Knight Point | 1848* |
| Grosse Point | 1846* |
| Coteau Landing | 1848* |
| McKie Point | 1847* |
| Cherry Island | 1847* |
| Cherry Light Vessel | 1849* |
| Lancaster Range | 1844 |
| Cornwall Canal | 1865* |
| Cole Shoal | 1856* |
| Grenadier Island | 1856 |
| Lynedock Island | 1856 |
| Gananoque Narrows | 1856 |
| Jackstraw Shoal | 1856 |
| Spectacles Shoal | 1856 |
| Red Horse Rock | 1856 |
| Burnt Island | 1856 |
| Wolfe Island | 1861 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Kingston | 1844* |
| Snake Island | 1858* |
| Nine Mile or Gage Point | 1833 |
| Outer Drake or False Ducks | 1828 |
| Point Pleasant or Indian Point | 1866 |
| Salt Point | 1851* |
| Point Peter | 1833 |
| Scotch Bonnet or Egg Island | 1856 |
| Presqu'ile | 1840 |
| Cobourg | 1844* |
| Peter Rock or Gull Island | 1840 |
| Newcastle | 1847* |
| Oshawa, outer end, East Pier | 1844 |
| Whitby | 1844 |
| Frenchmans Bay or Pickering | 1863* |
| Gibraltar Point | 1808 |
| Toronto Harbour, West Entrance | 1838 |
| Port Credit | 1863* |
| Oakville | 1863 |
| Burlington Bay, South Tower, Railway Bridge | 1838 |
| Burlington Bay, South Pier | 1845 |
| Port Dalhousie | 1852 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Port Colborne | 1852* |
| Mohawk Island | 1848 |
| Port Maitland | 1846 |
| Port Dover, West Pier | 1846* |
| Long Point or North Foreland | 1843 |
| Port Burwell or Big Otter Creek | 1840* |
| Port Stanley | 1844 |
| Point Pelee Reef | 1861* |
| Pelee Island | 1833* |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Bois Blanc | 1837* |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Thames River | 1837 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Goderich main light | 1847 |
| Point Clark | 1859 |
| Chantry Island | 1859 |
| Cove Island | 1859* |
| Griffith Island | 1859 |
| Nottawasaga Island | 1859 |
| Collingwood | 1858* |
| Christian Island | 1859 |
| Killarney East Or Red Rock Point | 1866 |
| Killarney West or Partridge Island | 1866 |
| Little Current | 1866* |
| Clapperton Island | 1866 |
| Spider Island | 1866 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| St. Ignace | 1866* |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| East Point | 1867 |
| Panmure Head | 1853 |
| Point Prim | 1846 |
| Blockhouse Point | 1851 |
| Sea Cow Head | 1863 |
| Summerside | 1856 |
| North Point | 1866 |
| St. Peters | 1865 |
| Fish Island | 1856 |
| Cascumpec | 1856 |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Race Rocks | 1861 |
| Fisgard | 1861 |
| Fraser River, lightship | 1866* |
| Lights | Date of Establishment |
|---|---|
| Belle Isle, South | 1858 |
| Amour Point | 1858 |
| Gallantry Head | 1862 |
| Dodding Head | 1858 |
| Cape St. Mary | 1860 |
| Cape Pine | 1821 |
| Cape Race | 1856 |
| Brunet Island | 1865 |
| Offer Wadham Island | 1858 |
| Green Island | 1857 |
| Baccalieu Island | 1859 |
| Harbour Grace | 1836 |
| Harbour Grace Islands | 1836 |
| Fort Amherst (St. John's) | 1813 |
| Cape Spear | 1835 |
| Cape Bonavista | 1843 |
