The Five Island Lighthouse was built in 1914 to guide mariners up and down the Minas Basin. It was located at Sand Point on Five Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. For many years the light used kerosene oil, then shortly before 1963 the oil lamp was taken out and replaced by a light bulb system. The bulb was powered by a battery located underneath the lens. This method continued until 1967 when electricity came to Sand Point. The light had always been a natural color, but while changing to electric the light was changed to red. The "pepper pot" light was decommissioned by the Coast Guard in 1993 and is an inactive light.
Due to frost, severe weather, and tides, most of the original land purchased for the lighthouse is gone, thus the lighthouse has been moved back several times from its original location. The last time being in 1996.
In the spring of 1996, the county of Colchester agreed to buy the lighthouse on Five Island for their community. At the time of my visit in 2001, the lighthouse was on the grounds of the Sand Point Beach Campground. It was open to the public from July thru August.
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