The nation of Canada was created by the British North America Act in 1867 with New Brunswick as one of the four original provinces. The area had been part of New France, the French empire in North America, which fell to Britain during the Seven Years War (1756-63). After the war New Brunswick was part of Nova Scotia until separated from that colony in 1784. New Brunswick has two coastlines. The northern coast faces northeast on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait while the southern coast faces southeast on the Bay of Fundy. The two coasts are separated by the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto that joins New Brunswick to Nova Scotia. This page describes the lighthouses of the northern coast and there is a separate page for Southern New Brunswick. New Brunswick once had well over 100 lighthouses but modern deactivations have left it with fewer than 50 working towers. A number of the decommissioned lights survive, some of them relocated to new homes. One, the Woody Point Light, was relocated to Nova Scotia. Sadly, the province's lighthouse preservation society has disbanded. Local preservation efforts are strong in many communities but there are a number of lighthouses much in need of restoration. New Brunswick is divided into 15 counties. Although the counties lost their governmental functions in 1966 they continue to define local communities. New Brunswick is officially bilingual and about one third of its residents are French speakers. French is spoken commonly in the north of the province. Aids to navigation in Canada are maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard. In 2008 Parliament passed the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act to designate and protect historic lighthouses. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CCG numbers are from the Atlantic Coast volume of the List of Lights, Buoys, and Fog Signals of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Admiralty numbers are from Volume H of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA numbers are from Publication 110.
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![]() Pointe à Brideau Range Rear Light, Caraquet, July 2021 ex-Google Maps photo by Louis Roy |
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![]() Caraquet Range Rear Light, Bas-Caraquet, May 2015 ex-Lightphotos.net photo copyright Mark Hatcher; used by permission |
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![]() Grand Dune Flats Range Front Light, Burnt Church, June 2009 photo copyright Kelly Anne Loughery; used by permission |
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![]() Grants Beach Range Front Light, Lower Newcastle, May 2015 Flickr Creative Commons photo by Mark Hatcher |
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![]() Cape Jourimain Light, 2019 Cape Jourimain Nature Center photo |
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
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Adjoining pages: North: Eastern Québec | Northeast: Western Prince Edward Island | East: Northwestern Nova Scotia | South: Southern New Brunswick
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Posted September 8, 2003; checked and revised March 2, 2024. Lighthouses: 52. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.