Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada,9780889952751

Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada

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ISBN13: 9780889952751
ISBN10: 0889952752
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-05
Publisher(s): Red Deer Press
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Summary

Canada's east coast currently has several hundred lighthouses, and this expansive volume features nearly 250 of them, complete with directions on how to reach those that are accessible. The stories surrounding each of these remarkable monuments provide riveting accounts of personal sacrifice, heroism and ingenuity.This fascinating work is packed with color photographs from the famed Peggy's Point Cove to the most remote parts of Atlantic Canada. There are in-depth chapters that focus on different types of lighthouses, as well as how the lights themselves work.

Author Biography

David Baird is a Red Deer Press author.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Flash of Light on a Dark Sea 7(22)
About this Book
10(1)
Lighthouses in History
11(2)
Canadian Lighthouse Styles
13(6)
Lights and Lamps
19(10)
Lighthouses of Quebec 29(36)
St. Lawrence River Upper North and South Shores
32(10)
St. Lawrence River Lower North Shore, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Gaspé Peninsula
42(23)
Lighthouses of New Brunswick 65(32)
South Coast
66(20)
East Coast to Miramichi and Bay Chaleur
86(11)
Lighthouses of Prince Edward Island 97(30)
Charlottetown East to Central North Shore
100(10)
Charlottetown West to Central North Shore
110(17)
Lighthouses of Nova Scotia 127(78)
Yarmouth to Fundy
129(12)
Head of Fundy
141(7)
Yarmouth to Halifax
148(21)
Halifax to Canso
169(9)
New Brunswick Border to Canso
178(8)
Cape Breton Island
186(19)
Lighthouses of Newfoundland 205(32)
Strait of Belle Isle and North Coast
208(7)
Avalon Peninsula
215(12)
West Coast from Rose Blanche
227(10)
Epilogue: The Lighthouse 237(1)
References and Selected Readings 238(1)
About the Author 238(1)
Index of Lights 239

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