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| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada |
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| Coordinates | 44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W / 44.640658°N 63.560353°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1876 (first) 1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916 |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Automated | 1972 |
| Height | 16 metres (52 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal truncated prism with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red dome |
| Operator | Parks Canada[2] |
| Fog signal | 3s. blast every 30s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1919 (current) |
| Focal height | 17.5 metres (57 ft) |
| Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | F W |
Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 on Georges Island in Nova Scotia, replacing an earlier tower built in 1876. The light-keeper's house remains standing a few hundred feet to the north.[3] The lighthouse is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Nova Scotia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.