Western Head Light

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Western Head Light in 2009 - 50th trip
Western Head Light in 2009 - 50th trip

Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Built: 1962

Automated: 1988

This 15 meters (50 feet) tall octagonal concrete tower is one of the newest in Canada. Located at the entrance to Liverpool Harbour, it now sits alone with a tiny service building and bank of electronic foghorns on the bare, rocky point and is completely exposed to the open Atlantic.

Western Head Light in 2009 - 50th trip
Western Head Light in 2009 - 50th trip

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