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Peggys Point Lighthouse, also known as Peggys Cove Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse and an iconic Canadian image. Located within Peggy's Cove , Nova Scotia , it is one of the busiest tourist attractions in the province and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive.
Swissair Flight 111 crashed 8 km (5 mi) off the coast of Peggy's Cove. Pictured is the community's iconic Peggys Point Lighthouse in 2005, with St. Margarets Bay seen below the lighthouse on the right. Flight 111 took off from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport at 20:18 EDT (00:18 UTC) on 2 September 1998.
Nova Scotia's most famous landmark, the iconic Peggy's Cove Lighthouse is a prime location to catpure sunsets and sunrises. Often littered with tourists, it is often best to visit early or late in the season when it is cold. Even then a few people will be wandering the rocks. And if it isn't abundantly clear, stay off the black rocks!!
From Tantallon to Peggy's Cove it is known as the "Peggy's Cove Road". From West Dover to Beechville it is named the "Prospect Road". The entire route is part of the Lighthouse Route scenic travel way.
Media related to Point No Point Light (Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons Point No Point Light Station, including photo from 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust; Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Maryland portal; National Register of Historic Places portal
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One of the most famous towers was the Thomas Point Shoal Light; it has been called “the finest example of a screw pile cottage anywhere in the world.” [29] Another historic lighthouse in America is the San Juan de Ulúa fortress Veracruz lighthouse (1790), which was the first modern lighthouse in the American Spanish Empire. [30]
The current lighthouse was erected in 1984 and consist of a 8 metres (26 ft) fiberglass cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern. The light is positioned at 14.5 metres (48 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash 3 seconds long in a 6 seconds period visible up to a distance of 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi).