Wood Islands Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island
The Wood Islands Lighthouse was founded in 1876, today this Lighthouse is an Interpretive Museum with 10-plus themed rooms featuring historical displays from the Rum-Running era to the Burning/Phantom ship.
Location: Located adjacent to the ferry terminal at Wood Islands.
Latitude: 45.95037
Longitude: -62.74575
Driving to the Wood Islands Lighthouse
This is a video of driving down to the Wood Islands Provincial Park. This park features the Wood Islands Lighthouse as well as the former Wood Islands front and rear range lights. Also seen in the video was the M.V. Confederation car ferry on it's way out of port to Caribou, Nova Scotia.
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Climbing the Wood Islands Lighthouse & Interpretive Museum
I took my camera along on a climb up to the lantern room of the Wood Islands Lighthouse. This lighthouse dates from 1876, and in addition to being active lighthouse it also features a ten room museum. The museum covers other island lighthouses, Northumberland Ferries, Rum-running, the Burning Ship / Phantom Ship, Fisheries , history of the light keepers and more (much more than you see in the video).
Relocated Wood Islands Range Lights/Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island
The decommissioned front and rear range light buildings at Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island were recently relocated.
To see where they were located before check out my video from a year earlier:
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Historic lighthouse at Wood Island PEI: Prince Edward Island
Wood Islands Range Front and Rear Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island
In 1902 range lights were established and put in operation to guide mariners into Wood Islands Harbour.
The front tower was a square, wood shingled building, with sloping sides, surmounted by a square lantern. The building has a height of nineteen feet from base to the top of the ventilator on its lantern. A substantial shed was attached to the front range tower at some point. The back or rear tower is also a square, pyramidal design but has a height of thirty three feet. Both lights displayed a fixed-red light.
The range lights were decommissioned in 2007
Location: Both towers are on the east breakwater at the entrance to Wood Islands Harbour.
Back Light: Latitude: 45.9495, Longitude: -62.7509
Front Light: Latitude: 45.9485, Longitude: -62.7511
Ferry ride from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island (Caribou, NS to Wood Islands, PEI)
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I took the ferry from Caribou, Nova Scotia, Canada to Wood Islands, P.E.I., Canada. The trip takes about 75 minutes and transports both cars and passengers. Shot in September 2017.
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PEI Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) - Wood Islands to Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) from the ferry in Wood Islands to Charlottetown. There is a 10km gap in the footage because I didn't realise my memory card ran out of space. Missing from the video is between the Route 207 junction and just before the junction with Route 212.
Please note that the date is wrong. This was recorded on September 4th, not the 5th.
The M.V. Confederation Car Ferry Arriving in Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island
The M.V. Confederation Car Ferry passes into the harbour at Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island on July 2nd, 2012.
This ferry service operates between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island on a seasonal basis (May to December).
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Lighthouse Road Trip - Top-5 Best Maritime Canada Lighthouses
I spent three weeks doing a lighthouse road trip around Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (PEI), the three provinces that make up Maritime Canada. During that time I saw dozens of lighthouses. While there are hundreds of Maritime Canada lighthouses throughout the three provinces, and while I only visited a couple dozen of them, I believe the following are some of the coolest. Leave a comment below and tell me which one is your favorite. For details on these 5 Maritime Canada Lighthouses, visit:
Summerside Harbour Outer Range Lighthouses, Prince Edward Island
The Summerside Outer Range Lights, which began operation in 1991, are the most recent set of enclosed range lights to be established on Prince Edward Island. When properly aligned, the red range lights guide vessels to the mouth of Summerside Harbour, near the Indian Head Lighthouse, from where they can use the Summerside Range Lights to proceed up the harbour.
The two lighthouses are similar in appearance, both being square, pyramidal towers topped by enclosed, square lantern rooms that are surrounded by a simple metal gallery. A white, trapezoidal daymark with a red vertical stripe is mounted on the seaward face of both towers. The front tower is 9 metres (29.5 feet) tall, while the rear tower is 10.1 metres (33.2 feet) tall. As the front tower is located near the shore at the western end of the harbour, its focal plane of 9.3 metres (30.6) is roughly the same height as the tower. The focal plane of the rear range light is 14.8 metres (48.5 feet).
Front light location: Latitude: 46.3953, Longitude: -63.8094
Rear light location: Latitude 46° 23 54, Longitude -63° 48 21'
St. Peters Island Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island
This is the most difficult of all lights on PEI to view as it is located on a small Island off the south shore in the Northumberland Strait. It is possible to walk out to St. Peters Island at low tide. A trip out to the light and back will take about two and a half hours on foot.
The St. Peters Island light was built in 1880 and was completed in time to be put in operation at the opening of navigation in 1881. The tower, a square wooden building with a height of thirty-eight feet was originally placed on the most westerly point of the island from where it showed a fixed-red light at an elevation of forty-eight feet above high water. During the winter of 1883-1884, the lighthouse was relocated from the western side of the lighthouse to the southern side of the island, about a mile southeast from its former site. At the opening of navigation in 1898, the fixed-red light was replaced by an occulting white light that showed for six seconds out of every thirty seconds.
The tower was manned until 1947 when it was electrified. The light is currently (as of July 2012) in use and is now solar powered.
Latitude: 46.11702
Longitude: -63.18054
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Warren Cove Range Front Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island
This is the front range light of the Warren Cove range lights which guide vessels in Charlottetown harbour, Prince Edward Island. This tower, built in 1907, is located on the grounds of the Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada.
The tower was originally covered in wood shingles but received new siding in 2008. The rear light is located about 330 meters to the west of the front range light.
Latitude: 46.1990
Longitude: -63.1382
Cottage Lighthouse Overlooking Rustico Bay, Prince Edward Island
Here is a cottage being built to take the form of a lighthouse. The site is near Cymbria, on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. This structure is located in a cottage development overlooking Rustico Bay and the National Park.
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Nova Scotia travel log - a ferry ride from Prince Edward Island | Our ferry ride from Wood Islands, PEI, to Caribou, Nova Scotia was cancelled. While waiting for the next ferry, my friend and I explored lighthouses on Prince Edward Island. Thanks for watching!
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Haszard Point Range Front Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island
This range light is a tapered, wood shingled tower built in 1889, it stands fifty-seven feet high from base to vane. Around 1948 the height of the tower was increased by eight feet, which resulted in the lighthouse having an unusual appearance, as the slope of the upper and lower portion are different. The seaward side of the tower is painted red with a vertical black stripe. The other three sides are painted white. Due to the height of the tower and the modest size of the base of the structure the tower is supported against high winds by four guy wires.
The range lights take their name from the land they were originally built on, a farm owned by the Honorable Francis L. Haszard (1849-1938), who would serve as Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1908 to 1911 and Judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island from 1911 to 1930.
Location: Located on the east side of the entrance to the harbor at Charlottetown.
Latitude: 46.1944
Longitude: -63.07372