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Visitors to Prince Edward Island, who choose the ferry service from Caribou, get a free view of the Caribou Lighthouse shortly after departing Nova Scotia. The first lighthouse to be built at Caribou Point was established in 1868 and was a combination dwelling and light tower.

In the first ten years of the light’s operation, eighteen meters of land were lost from the point. Wooden cribwork, ballasted with rock, was constructed to retard the erosion, but the lighthouse still had to be moved back from the shoreline.

The second Caribou Lighthouse was built on the point in 1916. This lighthouse consisted of a square dwelling with an octagonal lantern placed atop its hipped roof.

The third Caribou Lighthouse, the one that remains standing today, was constructed around 1971 and features the commonly used design for this time period of a square cement tower positioned in one corner of a one-story, flat-roofed fog alarm building.

Location:On Caribou Point, NE end of Gull Island Standing:This light is still standing. Operating:This light is operational Automated:All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated. Date Automated:Automated by 1990 Began:196x Year Lit:196x Structure Type:Square tower, white, on concrete building, red lantern Light Characteristic:Flashing White (1992)