Thursday, June 10, 2010

Dark days for Canadian lighthouses


The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans wants to abandon ownership of nearly all of Nova Scotia’s lighthouses, including the famed icon at Peggys Cove.

The sudden move "is a real change from previous federal policy,” said Dan Conlin, marine curator with the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. “It’s very ominous."

CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY IN THE HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD

Above: Peggys Cove Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

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