MISC. PHOTOS

The photo of the ship was taken in 1937. Two of the men on board are Harold Baker and Rupert Weston.

The lighthouse on the left is the EGG ISLAND Lighthouse. The lighthouse was originally an octagonal wood tower, 45 feet high, painted white, with black stripes to seaward. Between 1962 and 1965 it was replaced by a skeleton tower, with an enclosed stairwell.In 1961, all but 15 feet of the old tower was destroyed by fire. It was replaced by a steel skeleton tower. The tower was automated at some time before 1973. It is now unwatched.

The one on the right is the BEAVER ISLAND Lighthouse. The first lighthouse was a house 35 feet high with the lantern on the roof, erected in 1846. It stood on the eastern end of the island. The building was painted white with two black balls placed horizontally on the gable facing S.S.W. The revolving white l ight, 70 feet a above high water, was most brilliant every two minutes. In clear weather it could be seen for 12 miles.The combined dwelling and lighthouse shown on this page was erected in about 1914-15. In 1986 the wooden tower was destroyed and replaced by a circular white fibreglass tower. The light was automated in 1987.

The bottom lighthouse is the old Owl's Head Lighthouse. This lighthouse stood on the head, at the outer entrance to Ship Harbour on the Eastern Shore. The lantern was red on the roof of a wood dwelling painted white. Between 1966 and 1970 it was replaced by a skeleton tower with white slatwork daymarks.