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Cape Forchu Lighthouse

Submitted by Kim on Friday, 7 September 2007No Comment

Yarmouth is blessed with one of the most unique lighthouses in the world at Cape Forchu. Samuel de Champlain landed on this most southern tip of Nova Scotia in late May of 1604 and named the site “Cap Forchu” — Cap meaning ‘cape’ and Forchu relating to ‘fork’, meaning well separated or cloven. The Cape Forchu light is shown from a red and white vertically striped hexagonal tower, 23 m (75 ft) high. Sailing Directions, Nova Scotia (SE Coast) and Bay of Fundy, 1985

The light station has been cared for by the community for many years. In 2000 it was the first light station in Nova Scotia transferred to a municipality by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans under the Alternative Use Programme. The light station is owned by the Municipality of Yarmouth County and run by the Friends of the Yarmouth Light Society.