Window inside Point Prim Lighthouse
by Carolyn Derstine
Title
Window inside Point Prim Lighthouse
Artist
Carolyn Derstine
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Built in 1845, the Point Prim Lighthouse is the first and oldest lighthouse on Prince Edward Island. It is also one of only a few round brick lighthouses in Canada. Point Prim Lighthouse is currently leased by the Canadian Coast Guard to the Belfast Community Development Corporation, and the Point Prim and Belfast Women's Institute has been operating a museum in the tower during the summer months since 1980. On the second level of the lighthouse is a display of different lenses used in Range lights and Buoy lights. The red and blue drum style lenses were used in Gas Buoy Lights. Plastic inserts could be placed inside a lens to indicate blue for port ( left ) or red for starboard (right). Buoy lights were used on the water, warning mariners of dangerous rock reefs. Point Prim has a rock reef that extends out 4 miles and ships have to keep outside this buoy light to safely navigate into the Charlottetown Harbour. Point Prim Lighthouse now utilizes a solar buoy light.
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November 24th, 2015
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