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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:
Brier Island is known as a good place for whale and seabird watching. Tower Height: 60 Height of Focal Plane: 95 Characteristic and Range: Flash 0.2 s; eclipse 2.8 s; flash 0.2 s; eclipse 2.8 s; flash 0.2 s; eclipse 11.8 s. Visible for 17 nautical miles. Description of Tower: White, concrete octagonal tower, three red horizontal bands, red octagonal lantern.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1809: Wooden tower. 1832: Octagonal wooden tower, burned 1944. Date Established: 1809 Date Present Tower Built: 1944 Date Automated: 1987 Fog Signal: Automated horn, blast 3s; sil. 3s; blast 3s; sil. 51s. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions:
Take Route 217 from Digby. There are two short ferry crossings to Brier Island, the first to Long Island (every half-hour) and the second to Westport on Brier Island (hourly). On the island, the lighthouse is at the end of a gravel road off Wellington Street. There is a short walk uphill from the parking area.
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