Wood Islands Lighthouse
General Information
Point of Interest
Member - Island East Tourism Group
- Type: Lighthouses, History and Culture, Points of Interest
- Phone:902-962-3110
- Email:lightkeepers@woodislandslighthouse.com
- Website:www.woodislandslighthouse.com
Description
View MoreExperience PEI's award-winning lighthouse - Heritage and TIAPEI awards. Daily tours of the Rum-Running, Burning/Phantom Ship, Fisheries, Northumberland Ferries, Lightkeeper's Quarters and Interpretive Lighthouse rooms, etc. Daily food samplings from Gramma's kitchen. "Mermaid Tears" Sea Glass Festival July 16th and 17th. Nautical gift shop.
A true Island icon, Wood Islands Lighthouse was built in 1876 and is the second oldest lighthouse with a square tower construction. These "newer" lighthouses built after 1873, are four-sided, tapered, and wooden. The older ones are octagonal and P.E.I.'s oldest lighthouse is brick and conical.
Measuring 54 feet high overall, the 20 foot tower base has an attached six room, two-story dwelling for the keeper and family. It is the last lighthouse on P.E.I. where the light keeper lived. The metal base of the lantern is square while the glass is octagnol. The vent top is a round ball rather than the usual funnel base.
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