>> Click to enlarge << The new structure being built around the ugly ...

A few years ago, the town of Caraquet in New Brunswick, Canada, started a project to improve their beach area.

>> Click to enlarge << The ugly skeleton tower erected by the Coast ...

Unhappy with the appearance of a skeleton-style light built by the Canadian Coast Guard, the town built a new structure around the tower to make it look more like a traditional lighthouse.

>> Click to enlarge << The new Caraquet Lighthouse is now part of a new ...

They now have a scenic beach area with picnic tables and a pretty lighthouse as a centerpiece. Maybe other towns could take a cue from the town of Caraquet.

Caraquet is the center of the area’s French community, and is home to an Acadian Historic Village that portrays the lives of the Acadians between 1770 and 1890.

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