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Name: Mabou Harbour Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada

Location: Cape Breton, Mabou Harbour.


Click to enlarge: Photo   
Photo: Virginia Slechta

Managing Organization:
Mabou Harbour Authority

Telephone: 902-945-2982

Email: ducharme@ctp.auracom.com

Notes:
This lighthouse was once the rear light of a pair of range lights. The Mabou Harbour Authority leased the lighthouse and in 1998 opened it as a museum.

Tower Height: 47

Characteristic and Range: Fixed yellow.

Description of Tower: White, square pyramidal tower with red square lantern.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1884: Mast light.

Date Established: 1884

Date Present Tower Built: 1908

Current Use: Active aid to navigation, museum.

Open To Public? Yes.

Museum?
The lighthouse is now the Mabou Harbour Museum and Tourist Centre.

Directions:
From Route 19 in Mabou, take Mabou Harbour Road. Turn left at the sign for Mabou Harbour Wharf (dirt road) and follow to the end and a parking area near the lighthouse.


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