Resources

Learn more about saving Canada's lighthouses...                                       

• An invaluable report for community groups and individuals looking to take over a lighthouse property: Alternative Use Study Surplus Lighthouses has been prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in order to assist it in assessing alternate use proposals it will be receiving for the transfer of its surplus lighthouse properties. It includes examples of alternate uses, ownership models, disposal processes, key success factors, and more.
• Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act
• Backgrounder on the DFO Surplus Issue, 2010, National Trust for Canada
• Report on the Implentation of the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
• FHBRO Evaluated Lightstations, Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office
• Find surplus lighthouses near you!

For photos of lighthouses, visit our Flickr page

Watch the intro to the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society's workshop, "Introduction to Your Business Plan." To view the rest of the workshop visit us on YouTube.