Heritage Place

Cape North Lighthouse

Historical Nova Scotia operating site of the Cape North lighthouse tower before its 1980 move to Ottawa.

Place Summary

Place ID: LUX-PLACE-000009
Type: historical location
Description: Historical Nova Scotia operating site of the Cape North lighthouse tower before its 1980 move to Ottawa.
Aliases: Cape North, Cape North Light
Coordinates: 46.09722, -59.85778
Precision: source-coordinate-text
Confidence: high
Status: reviewed
Review: accepted
Notes: Heritage Journey origin place for the moved tower.

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Heritage Journey

From Nova Scotia Coast to Ottawa Museum

Origin lighthouse siteCape North Tower
Cape North is the tower's original operational location on the Nova Scotia coast.

Each connection follows reviewed archive relations and evidence. Physical structure, station identity, and navigational function are kept distinct.

Heritage Journey

Follow the Cape North Tower Heritage Journey

See the evidence

Reason code: lighthouse_connected_journey
Identity layer: Heritage identity
Evidence: Accepted
Path: Journey membership
Identity distinction: Journey traces tower service, removal, transfer, reassembly, and museum display as separate from station identity.

Heritage place

Currently displayed by Canada Science and Technology Museum

See the evidence

Reason code: lighthouse_connected_institution
Identity layer: Structure
Evidence: Accepted
Path: HERITAGE-REL-000204, HERITAGE-REL-000207
Identity distinction: Museum custody of the moved tower; the institution page reciprocates with the same relation IDs.

Cross-entity routes follow the same governed relations as entity pages, ordered as one readable path.

Installed atCape North relocated lighthouse tower to Cape North Lighthouse1908
Removed fromCape North relocated lighthouse tower to Cape North Lighthouse1980

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Heritage LighthousesOfficial Government
Confirms that the Cape North tower remained in service until 1980 and was moved to Ottawa.