Light-Houses & Light-House Keepers 1793-1816-1850

I don’t know much about Lighthouses but there are a lot of people who do and are always looking for information on them, as many had ancestors who worked on them. Then there are some who heard of a lighthouse but can’t find no information about it. I hope this page will help those looking into the lighthouse and are trying to fit it into your family history.

Note. There will be two list the first is light-houses in the British North American colonies and the second will be a list of Keepers of the light-houses in North America.

List of lights and light-houses in the British North American colonies in
1850.

CANADA.
GULF AND RIVER OF ST. LAWRENCE.

1. St. Paul’s island—Rock twenty-six feet from island. A fixed light; erected in 1839. An octagonal building of wood, painted white; forty feet in height; the lantern one hundred and forty feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen twenty miles in clear weather. Latitude 47° 14’ north; longitude 60 8’ 47” west.

2. St. Paul’s island—Southwest paint. A revolving light; interval one minute; erected in 1839. An octagonal building of wood, painted white; forty feet in height; the lantern one hundred and forty feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen twenty miles in clear weather. Latitude 47° 11’ 15” north; longitude 60° 9’ 47” west. A bell is sounded during a fog every four hours, viz: at 4, 8, and 12.

3. Anticosti island—East point. A fixed light; erected in 1835. A conical building of grayish white stone, seventy-five feet in height; the lantern one hundred feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 49° 5’ 20” north; longitude 61° 41’ 47” west.

4. Anticosti island—Southwest point. A revolving light; interval one minute; erected in 1831. A conical building of grayish white stone, seventy-five feet in height; one hundred feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen from NNW. to SE. by E., at the distance of fifteen miles. Latitude 49° 23’ 46” north; longitude 63° 35’ 57” west.

5. Point do Morts,—A fixed light; erected in 1830. A conical building of grayish white stone, seventy-five feet in height; one hundred feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 490 19’ 40” north; longitude 67° 22’ 30” west.

6. Bicquette island—West point. A revolving light; interval two minutes; erected in 1844. A conical building of grayish white stone, sixty-five feet in height; one hundred and twelve feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen seventeen miles in clear weather. Latitude 48° 25’ 2U” north; longitude 68° 54’ west. A gun is fired every hour during fogs and snow storms.

7. Red Island bank.—A fixed light; erected in 1848. The building is red, fifty-one feet in height; the lantern is seventy-six feet above high water. The light is shown all night; it is red. Latitude 48° 4’ 30’ north; longitude 69° 33’ 40’ west.

8. Green, island—Northwest part. A fixed light; erected in 1809. A square building of white stone, forty feet in height; the lantern is sixty feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen thirteen miles.

9. South Traverse.—A light-vessel, moored on the northeast part of St. Roque shoals; placed in 1830. The light is fixed; is shown all night, and seen nine miles in clear weather. Latitude 47° 22’ 2otmnorth; longitude 70° 22’ 20” west.

10. Stone Pillar island—South point. A revolving light; interval one and a half minute. A white conical stone building, thirty eight feet in height; the lantern is sixty-eight feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen thirteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 47° 12’ 30” north; longitude 700 22’ 20” west.

Above Ouebec.

11. St. Croix.-—A fixed light; erected in 1842. The building is of wood, painted white; it is twenty feet in height; the lantern thirty feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen six miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 37” 52” north; longitude 71° 52’ 42” west. This is a small light, to assist in keeping the channel for some distance up and down the river.

12. Port Neuf.—Two fixed lights, nearly SW. W. of each other; erected in 1842. The upper is of stone, the lower of wood, both white. They are seen six miles in clear weather. Latitude 46 41’ 37” north; longitude 71° 52’ 42” west. these lights, in one, lead up Richelieu channel to the light on Richelieu island.

13. Platen Point .—Two fixed lights; nearly S. 72 W. of each other, at a distance of five hundred and seven feet; erected in 1824. White square buildings of wood; one 24 feet in height, with lantern one hundred and fifty- two feet above high water; the other seven feet in height, with the lantern one hundred and thirty feet above high water. They are seen twelve miles in clear weather. Latitude 460 39’ 25” north; longitude 71° 53’ 52” west. These lights lead up the Richelieu.

14. Richelieu island—Northwest end. A fixed light; erected in 1820. A white square wooden building, twenty feet in height; the lantern twenty- seven feet above high water. The light is seen six miles in clear weather. Latitude 460 38’ 37” north; longitude 71° 55’ 37” west. This light and the lights on Platon point are nearly in the same line of bearing, viz: N.73E.

15. Langlois Point.—A fixed light; erected in 1812; a square white wooden building 8 feet in height; the lantern 36 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen 5 miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 35’ 1” north; longitude 72° 0’ 50” west.

16. St. Pierre de Becquets.—A fixed light; erected in 1842; a white square building of wood 12 feet in height; the lantern 85 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen 5 miles. Latitude 46° 30’ 40” north; longitude 72° 13’ 24” west.

17. Batiscan.—Two fixed lights, 738 feet asunder, in a S. 74 W. direction; erected in 1842; white square wooden buildings—one 23 feet in height, with the lantern 30 feet above high water; the other 7 feet in height, with the lantern 16 feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen 3 miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 30’ 22” north; longitude 72° 15’ 17” west.

18. Ghamplain.—A fixed light; erected in 1844; a square white wooden building 7 feet in height; the lantern 28 feet above high water; the light is seen 4 miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 26’ 41” north; longitude 72° 21’ 38” west.

19. Cape Magdalen—lower lights—Two fixed lights, 375 and a half feet asunder,
a N. 60 E. direction; erected in 1842; white square buildings of wood—one 13 feet in height, and the lantern 44 feet above high water; the other 10 feet in height, and the lantern 31 feet above high water. The light is seen 4 miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 23’ 56” north; longitude 12° 2S’ 14” west.

20. Gape Magda1en—upper lights.—Two fixed lights, 706 feet asunder, in a S. 85 W . direction; erected in 1842; square white wooden buildings—one 24 feet in height, with the lantern 49 feet above high water; the other 10 feet in height, with the lantern 36 feet above high water. The light is seen 6 miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 23’ 26” north; longitude 72° 29’ 22!’ west.

21. Port St. Francis.—Two fixed lights, 268,feet asunder, in a S. 76 W. direction; erected in l39; square white wooden buildings—one 21 feet in height, with the lantern 31 feet above high water; the other 4 feet in height, with the lantern 12 feet above high water. Latitude 46° 16’ 30” north; longitude 72° 38’ 5” west. These erections are very small, only 4 feet square; they are removed in the fail and replaced in spring to avoid ice.

22. Point du Lac.—A fixed light; erected in 1842; a square white wooden building 24 feet in height; the lantern 71 feet above high water. The light is seen 12 miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 16’ 54” north; longitude 72° 41’ 15” west.

23. Lake St. Peter.—Light vessel; moored 2 and a quarter miles SSE. And a half E. from Revière du Leup; placed in 1827; the lantern is 15 feet above high water; the vessel is painted red; the light is seen 6 miles. Latitude 4° 11’ 41” north; longitude 72° 54’ 151/ west. Removed in winter on account of ice.

24. Lake St. Peter.—Light vessel; moored on north side of channel, 3 miles below Flat island; placed in 1827; the lantern 15 and a half feet above high water; the vessel is painted red; the light is seen 6 miles in clear weather Latitude 46° 9’ 41” north; longitude 72° 58 3” west. Removed at approach of winter on account of ice.

25. Raisin Point.—A fixed light, erected in 1842. A square white wooden building, sixteen feet in height; the lantern is twenty-six feet above high water; the light is seen six miles in clear weather. Latitude 46° 6’ 24!’ north; longitude 720 58’ 49” west. Removed at the approach of winter on account of ice.

26. Valtrie -island, south side.—Two fixed lights, in a N. 38 E. direction; erected in 1842. Square red wooden buildings—one twenty feet in height, with lantern twenty-five feet above high water: the other ten feet in height, with lantern fifteen feet above high water; the light is seen seven miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 53’ 12” north; longitude 73 16’ 58” west. Removed at the approach of winter on account of ice.

27. Arpentigny.—Two fixed lights, seven hundred and seventy feet asunder, in a N. 12 E. direction; erected in 1842. Square white wooden buildings—one ten and a half feet in height, with lantern thirty and a half feet above high water: the other twenty and a half feet in height, with the lantern fourteen and a half feet above high water; the light is seen four miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 45’ 12” north; longitude 73° 27’ 12” west.

28. Bague islet.—Centre of islet. A fixed light; square red wooden building, fourteen feet in height; the lantern fourteen feet above high water; the light seen four miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 44’ 24” north; longitude 73 27” 20” west. Removed at the approach of winter on account of ice.

29. Montreal.—---Two fixed lights, two hundred and nineteen feet asunder, in a N. 41 Fl. direction; erected in 1832. Red wooden buildings— one twenty-one feet in height, with lantern twenty-nine feet above high water: the other thirty-one feet in height, with lantern thirty-eight and a half feet above high water; the light is seen four miles in clear weather, Latitude 45° 30’ 34” north; longitude 74° 34’ 14” west.

30. Grosse Point —Upper entrance of Beauharnois canal. A fixed light; erected in 1845. Square wooden building, twenty feet in height, the lantern twenty feet above high-water mark; the light seen eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 14’ north; longitude 14° 10’ west.

31. Lake St. Francis—Cheney island. A fixed light; erected in 1847.
A square wooden building, thirty feet in height. the lantern forty feet
above high water; the light seen ten miles in clear weather. Latitude
45° 5’ north; longitude 740 49’ west.

32. Lake St. Francis—Lancaster bar. A fixed light; erected in 1844. A square wooden building, twenty feet in height, the lantern twenty feet above high water; the light is seen eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 45 6’ north longitude 74° 53’ west.

Note. The lights above mentioned, from St. Paul’s Island to Stone Pillar Island, are within the gulf and river St. Lawrence, below Quebec. Tire rest are within the river St. Lawrence, , above Quebec, and below lake Ontario.

LIKE ONTARIO.

33. Gage island.—A fixed light; erected in 1S33. A round stone building, forty feet iii height, the lantern forty-five feet above high water; the light is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 44 9’ north; longitude 76 39’ west.

34. Outer Drake island.—A fixed light; erected in 1828. The building is sixty-two feet in height, the lantern sixty eight feet above high water; the light is seen twenty-two miles in clear weather. Latitude 43 57” north; longitude 76° 54’ west.

35. Peter Point.—A revolving light, interval 1 minute and 40 seconds; erected in 1833. The building is sixty feet in height, the lantern sixty- two feet above high water; the light is seen twenty-five miles in clear ‘weather. Latitude 43 51’ north; longitude 77 13’ 45” west.

36. Presque Isle—Northeast point. A fixed light; erected in 1840. An octagon stone building sixty-three feet in height, the lantern sixty-seven feet above high water; the light seen eighteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 44° 1’ north; longitude 77 46’ west.

37. Coburg harbor.—A fixed light; erected in 1844. A square wooden building sixteen feet in height, the lantern twenty feet above high water; the light seen eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 43° 58’ north; longitude 78° 13’ west.

38. Peter Rock, or Gull island.—A fixed light; erected in 1840. A round stone building forty-eight feet in height, the lantern forty-five feet above high water; the light shown all night, and seen ten miles in clear weather. Latitude 43° 56’ north; longitude 78° 17’ west.

39. Windsor.—A fixed light; erected in 1844. A square building eight feet in height, the lantern twelve feet above high water; the light is seen five miles in clear weather. Latitude 43 52’ north; longitude 78° 53r west.

40. Toronto—Gibraltar point. A fixed light; erected in 1820. A hexagonal stone building sixty-two feet high, the lantern sixty-six feet above high water; the light is seen eighteen miles. Latitude 43° 32’ north; longitude 79° 27’ west.

41. Toronto—Queen’s wharf. A fixed light; erected in 1838. A hexagonal stone building sixteen feet in height, the lantern twenty-two feet above high water; the light is seen six miles in clear weather. Latitude 43 39’ north; longitude 79° 28’ west.

42. Oakville.— A fixed light; erected in 1836. An octagonal wooden building thirty-six feet in height, the lantern forty-two feet above high water; the light is seen twelve miles in clear weather. Latitude 43° 27’ north; longitude 79° 46’ west.

43. Burlington bay.--—Two fixed lights; erected in 1845 and 1838. The former fourteen feet in height, with the lantern eighteen feet above high water; the latter fifty-four feet in height, with the lantern sixty feet above high water. The lights are red; that of the former is seen four miles, of. the latter fifteen miles, in clear weather. Latitude 43 19’ north; longitude 79 54’ west.

44. Dalhousie harbor:—A fixed light. The building is twenty feet in height; the lantern is twenty feet above high water; the light is seen six miles in clear weather. Latitude 43° 13’ north; longitude 79° 12’ west.

LAKE Erie.

45. Port Colburn.—A fixed light; is only being built. Latitude 42° SW’ north; longitude 79 15’ west.

46. Mohawk island.—A revolving light; is only being built. Latitude 42° 47’ north; longitude 79° 29’ west.

47. Welland Canal—Port Maitland. A fixed light; square building. Latitude 42° 52’ north; longitude 79° 40’ west.

48. Port Dover.—A fixed light; erected in 1846. Square building, twenty- four feet in height; the lantern eighteen feet above high water. The light is seen eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 42° 45’ north; longitude 80° 16’ west.

49. Long Point—East extreme. A fixed light; erected in 1843. An octagonal wooden building, sixty feet in height; the lantern sixty-five feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen twenty-five miles in clear weather. Latitude 42° 33’ north; longitude 80° 9’ west.

50. Long Point city.—Light vessel; placed in 1844. Two lights placed vertically, eight feet apart; seen eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 42° 35’ north; longitude 80° 25’ west.

51. Big Otter creek.—A fixed light. Latitude (about) 42° 39’ north; longitude (about) 80° 54’ west.

52. Port Burwell.—A fixed light; erected in 1840. An octagonal wooden building, one hundred and sixteen feet in height; the lantern ninety-six feet above high water. The light is seen ten miles in clear weather. Latitude 42° 38’ north; longitude 81° 1’ west.

53. Catfish creek—A floating light. Latitude (about) 42° 39’ north; longitude (about) 81° 5’ west.

54. Port Stanly.—A fixed light; erected in 1844. The building is twenty feet in height; the lantern is twenty feet above high water. The light is seen four miles in clear weather. Latitude 4° 41’ north; longitude 81° 17’ west.

55. Rondeau.—A fixed light; erected in 1845. The building is twenty feet in height; the lantern is twenty feet above high water. The light is seen four miles in clear weather. Latitude 42° 16’ north; longitude 82° 1’ west. This position is uncertain.

56. Pelè island—A fixed light; erected in 1833. A round stone building, forty feet in height; the lantern forty feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen nine miles in clear weather. Latitude 41° 50’ north; longitude 82° 46’ west.

RIVER DETROIT.

57. Bois Blanc island—South end. A fixed light; erected in 1837. Round stone building, forty feet in height; the lantern fifty-six feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen eighteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 42° 5’ north; longitude 83° 13’ west.

LAKE ST. CLAIR.

58. Mouth of ricer Thames.—Two fixed lights—one a square wooden building, 15 feet in height, with lantern 1.5 feet above high water; light seen six miles in clear weather. The other a round stone tower, 30 feet in height; the lantern 34 feet above high water, and the light seen 12 miles in clear weather. The former was erected in 1845, the latter in 1847 Latitude 42° 18’ north; longitude 82° 36’ west.

LAKE HURON.

59. Goderich.—A fixed light, erected in 1847; a square tower 20 feet in height. The lantern 125 feet above high water; the light seen 25 miles in clear weather. Latitude 43° 35’ north; longitude 81° 52’ west.

NEW BRUNSWICK.
WITHIN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.

60. Miramichi bay—Escuminac point. A fixed light, erected in 1841; a white wooden building, 58 feet in height The lantern 78 feet above high water; the light shown all night, and seen 14 miles in clear weather. Latitude 47° 4’ 36” north; longitude 61° 41’ 46” west.

WITHIN THE BAY OF FUNDY.

61. Cape Enrage.—A fixed light, erected in 1840; a square tower 39 feet
height. The lantern 161 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is visible from NW. to NE. by E., and is seen 15 miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 36’ north; longitude 64° 46’ 40” west.

62. Quaco.—A revolving light, interval 20 seconds; erected iii 1S35. An octagonal building, white and red, horizontally; 56 feet in height. The lantern 70 feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen 15 miles in clear weather. Latitude 45 19’ 33” north; longitude 65 31’ 54” west.

63. St. John Harbor--Partridge island. A fixed light; erected in 1802.
An octagonal building, striped red and white vertically; 40 feet in height.
The lantern 119 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and
is seen 20 miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 14’ 3” north; longitude
66 35’ west. A bell is sounded in foggy weather.

64. St. John harbor—Beacon tower. A fixed light; erected in 1S2S. Octagonal building, striped white and black vertically; 21 feet in height. The lantern forty-one feet above high water; the light is seen ten miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 15’ north longitude 66 31 36”

65. Point Lepreau.—Two fixed lights, vertical, twenty-eight feet apart; erected in 1831. the building is octagonal, striped red and white horizontally; it is 24 feet in height. The lanterns are eighty one and fifty. three feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 3’ 50° north; longitude 66° 21’ 30” west.

66. Campo Bob island.—A fixed light; erected in 1829. An octagonal white building with a red cross; forty-five feet in height. The lantern sixty-four feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 440 57’ 40” north; longitude 66° 53’ 55” west

67. St. Andrew’s point.—A fixed light; erected in 1833. An octagonal white building, thirty-four feet iii height. The lantern forty two feet above high water. Latitude 45° 4’13” north; longitude 61° 348” west.

68. Machias Seal islands—East island. Two fixed lights, ESE. And WNW., 200 feet asunder; erected in 1832. An octagonal white building, thirty six feet in height. The lantern forty eight feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 440 30’ 3” north; longitude 67° 6’ 10” west.

69. Gannet Rock.--A revolving light, interval twenty second; erected in 1836. An octagonal building, sniped black and white vertically; fifty- three feet in height. The lantern sixty-six feet above high water; the light is shown all night. Latitude 44° 3(J’ 40” north; longitude 66° 52’ west. Gun in answer to signals at sea.


NOVA SCOTIA.

70. Pictou harbor—A fixed light; erected in 1834. A wooden building, colored white and red vertically; fifty-five feet in height. The lantern sixty-five feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen thirteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 41’ 30” north; longitude 61° 29’ 20” west.

71. Ganso Gut—North entrance. A fixed light; erected in 142. A
square white wooden building, thirty-five feet in height. The lantern
110 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen
eighteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 450 41’ 49” north; longitude
61° 29’ 20” west.

72. Guysboro Harbor.—A fixed light; erected in 1846. A square white beacon, twenty feet in height. The lantern is 30 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 22’ north; longitude 61° 31’ west.

73. Ganseau.—Two fixed lights in one tower vertical, thirty five feet apart; erected in 1822. The building is alternately white and red horizontally; it is sixty feet in height; the lantern is eighty-eight feet above high water; the light is shown all night; the upper light is seen fifteen, the lower nine miles, in clear weather. Latitude 45° 20’ north; longitude 60° 51’ 46” west.

74. Sydney--A fixed light; erected iii 1832. ‘f he building is an octagon, painted red and white vertically; it is fifty-one feet in height; the lantern is seventy feet above high water; the light is shown all night; it is seen fourteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 46 16’ 16” north; longitude 60° 10’ west.

75. Scatarie island.—A revolving light; erected in 1839. The building is octagonal and white; sixty feet in height; the lantern ninety feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 46 2 17” north; longitude 59 41’ west.

76. Louisbourg-- harbor—A fixed light; erected in 1842; a square building, white with black stripes; thirty-five feet in height; the lantern eighty-five feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen sixteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 45° 53’ north; longitude 59 50‘, west.

77. Beaver islands—East island. A revolving light, interval two minutes; erected in 1846. A white building, with two black balls seaward; thirty. five feet in height; the lantern seventy feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen twelve miles in clear weather. Latitude 44 49’ north; longitude 62° 61’ west.

78. Halifax harbor.—.A fixed light; erected in 1831; a circular white building fbrty eight feet in height; the lantern fifty eight feet above high water; the light is red; it is shown all night, and is seen ten miles in clear weather. Latitude 44° 36’ 5” north; longitude 63° 35’ 40” west.

79. Sambro island.--A fixed light; erected in 1783; the building is white, octagonal, sixty feet in height; the lantern 132 feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen twenty miles in clear weather. Latitude 440 26’ 17” north; longitude 63° 35 16” west. If a gun is fired during a fog, it will be answered from the island.

80. Lunenburg bay.—Two lights—the upper revolving, with one minute interval; the lower fixed; erected in 1832. The building is red, fifty feet in height; the revolving lantern is ninety feet above high water—the fixed sixty; they are shown all night; the upper is seen fourteen and the lower eight miles in clear weather. Latitude 44° 22’ north; longitude 64 6’ West.

81. Liverpool bay.—A revolving light; interval two minutes; erected in 1812; an octagonal building, red and white horizontally, fifty-eight feet in height; the lantern ninety feet above high water; the light is shown all night; it is seen sixteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 44 1’ 50” north; longitude 64° 40’ 49” west.

82. Shelburne harbor.—Two fixed lights in one tower, vertical, thirty feet apart; erected in 1759. The building is black arid white vertically, seventy feet in height; the upper lantern ninety feet—-the lower sixty feet above high water. The lights are shown all night; the upper is seen eighteen miles, the lower ten miles, in clear weather. Latitude 43° 31’ 31” north; longitude 65° 16’ 30” west.

83. Seal island.—A fixed light, erected in 1831. The building is sixty feet in height; the lantern is one hundred and twenty feet above high water; the light is shown all night, and is seen eighteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 43° 23’ 50” north; longitude 66° 0’ 20” west.

84. Yarmouth,.—A revolving light; interval one minute fifteen seconds; erected in 1839. The building is red and white vertically; height fifty- eight feet. The lantern is one hundred and thirty-six feet above high water. The light is shown all night, and is seen twenty miles in clear weather.

WITHIN THE BAY OF FUNDY.

85. Bryer island, west part.—A fixed light, erected in 1800; rebuilt in
1842. A white octagonal building, fifty-five feet in height; the lantern
ninety-two feet above high water; the light shown all night, and seen
fifteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 44° 15’ 51” north; longitude 66°
23’ 2” west.

86. Annapolis Gut.—A fixed light, erected in 1816. A square building, red and white; twenty feet in height; the lantern seventy-six feet above high water; the light is seen thirteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 44° 40’ 50” north; longitude 65° 47’ 20” west.

87. Bryer Island Light beacon.—Erected in 1850, at the south entrance of Westport, on the east side of the Bay of Fundy. Two white lights horizontally placed, to distinguish it from Bryer island light, at an elevation of forty feet above high-water mark.

88. Barrington light—The commissioners of light-houses give notice that the light house erected last year on Point Baccaro, or Cape Latour, which forms the east side of Barrington bay, about midway between Cape Sable and Cape Negro, is now in operation, and exhibits a bright flash light of fifteen seconds duration, with alternate eclipses of twenty-four or twenty five seconds. As you approach, a dull tight will gradually appear during the eclipses, and continue visible all the time. Its elevation is fifty feet above the sea level, (rise and fall.) The building is square, painted white, with a black ball on the seaward side. This light will be very useful entering Barrington harbor and Port La- tour, as well as a good coast and leading light to clear the Half-moon ledges, Brazil and Bantam Rocks, and Cape Sable. It may he seen from the offing before losing sight of Seal island light westwardly, or Shelburne light eastwardly of it.

The keeper resides in the light-house, and is well acquainted with the coast and tides. it has often been observed when Cape Sable is obscured by fog. Point Baccaro will be free from it. Latitude of light 43° 26’ 9” north; longitude 65° 28’ 7” west; variation 15° 40’ west. Magnetic bearing:—Cape Sable, southern extreme, south 77 west—distant 7- miles; southern extreme, Black ledge, south 84° east— distant 1- mile; Salvages or Half-moons, south 88° east; Brazil rock, south 4° 10’ west—distant 5 miles; Bantam rock, south 45 west—distant1 mile.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

89. Cape Bonavista.—A revolving light, interval 2 minutes; erected in 1843. The building is red and white, alternately; the height of the lantern is one hundred and fifty feet above high water; the light is shown all night. Latitude 48° 42’ north; longitude 52° 8’ west.

90. Harbor Grace.--A fixed light; erected in 1837. The light is shown all night, and is seen twenty-one miles in clear weather. Latitude 47 42’ 20” north; longitude 49° 58’ 23’ west. (There is some uncertainty as to the position.)

91. St. John harbor.—A fixed light; erected in 1834. The light is shown all night. Latitude 47 33’ 50’ north; longitude 52° 40’ 50’ west.

92. Cape Spear. --A revolving light, interval 1 minute; erected in 1836. The building is of timber, colored white, or stone; the lantern is two hundred and seventy-five feet above high water; it is shown all night, and has been seen thirty-six miles. Latitude 47° 30’ 20’ north; longitude 52° 37 5” west

93. Cape Pine.—This light-house just built; it is to be a revolving light. The building is seventy-four feet in height; the lantern three hundred and twenty feet above high water. It will be lighted 1st January, 1851. Latitude 46° 3712” north; longitude 53° 32’ 12’ west.

FRENCH LIGHT AT NEWFOUNDLAND.

94. St. Pierre.—A light-house has been erected by the French government on Gallantry Head, near Cape river. The light is a fixed one; it burns at an elevation of about two hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea; it may be seen (in passing by the south) from west-northwest to north-northeast at the distance of eighteen or twenty miles, in clear weather. In passing by the north, it is shut in by high land from north- northeast to west-northwest.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

95. Hillsboro’ bay.—A fixed light; erected in 1845. A white brick build. ing, fifty feet in height; the lantern sixty-eight feet; the light is shown all night, seen thirteen miles in clear weather. Latitude 46 3’ 15” north; longitude 63° 2’ 35” west.

North America
KEEPERS OF LIGHT-HOUSES-1793 & 1816.

1. Titus Salter, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
2. Joseph Greenleaf, Portland Head, Massachusetts.
3. Abner Lowell, Two light-houses, Plumb Island, Mass.
4. Joseph Seward, Two light-houses, Thatcher’s Island, Mass.
5. Thomas Knox, Boston Bay, Massachusetts.
6. John Thomas, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
7. Paul Pinkham, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
8. William Martin, Connecticut Island.
9. Daniel Harris, New London.
10. Matthew Ely, Sandy Hook.
11. Abraham Hargis, Cape Henlopen.
12. Lemuel Cornick, Cape Henry.
13. Thomas Hollingsby, Light-house Island.

1816.

14. David Duncan.
15. Ebenezer Skiff.
16. David Wilber,
17. Jonathan Bruce.
18. George Swain.
19. Jonathan Coffin.
20. Aaron Wheeler.
21. Joseph Perkins.
22. Lewis Lowell.
23. Constant Hopkins.
24. Matthew Mayhew.
25. Barzillai Delano.
26. Joseph Burges,
27. Jonathan Delano.
28. George Day.
29. Charles Haskell.
30. John Lowell.
31. Philip Goldthwait.
32. Peter Godfrey.
33. Joseph Loveland.
34. Eliphalet Grover.
35. Simeon Bates.
36. George Sherman,
37. Jonathan Nash.
38. John P. Whitford,
39. Griswold Harris.
40. Solomon Stone.
41. Philip Grumley
42. Jonathan Finch.
43. Joshua Lester.
44. William P. Schenck.
45. William King.
46. Noah Mason.
47. Henry Baker.
48. Giles Holt.
49. John Ware.
50. Travy Burroughs.
51. Paul Luke.
52. Thomas Blackwell.
53. James B. R. Johnson.
53. Joseph Farrow.
54. John Taylor.
55. James Falford.
56. John Colhoun.
57. Benjamin T. Howland.
58. James McAnnully.
59. James Gould.