File:Lighthouse Spencer's Island Lighthouse - 1914 (2602019686).jpg

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The Five Islands Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed in 1996, Colchester County purchased the lighthouse and it was moved onto the property of Sand Point Campground. The Society leases the lighthouse from the County and the land from Sand Point Campground for a nominal sum yearly. The new site is about 60 meters from the previous location. The lighthouse is part of the Fundy Shore Ecotour.

On November 6, 2008, the lighthouse was moved on the back of a flatbed trailer from the campground to a new site on Broderick Lane, about 7 kilometres away.

Wooden "pepperpot" light.

Location:Extremity of Sand Point, entrance to East River Standing:This light is still standing. Operating:This light is no longer operating. Decommissioned:This light has been decommissioned. Began:1914 Year Lit:1914 Structure Type:Tapered square wood tower, white Light Characteristic:Flashing Red (1992) Tower Height:033ft feet high.

Light Height:043ft feet above water level.
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Source Spencer's Island Lighthouse - 1914
Author Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada
Camera location45° 24′ 35.42″ N, 64° 34′ 00.87″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) (62M Views) at https://flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/2602019686. It was reviewed on 24 December 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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