The Peggy's Cove Lighthouse is located at Peggy's Cove, Nova
Scotia, Canada. The first lighthouse built here in 1868 was a large house with
a light on top. It was also home for the keeper and his family. During World
War II the Royal Canadian Navy also used the house as a radio station.
Construction of the current lighthouse with its octagonal
tower and lantern room was completed in 1915. This lighthouse was also manned until
1958 when it became fully automated and continued its red light.
From 1975 to November 2009, the village post office operated
on the lower level of the lighthouse during the summer months. Space on that
level would accommodate four or five customers at a time. As my picture shows,
especially if you enlarge it, there was a line of people waiting to get in at
the time of my visit.
This Post Office was the only Canadian Post Office located
in a lighthouse. The village of Peggy's Cove was given its own
"cancellation stamp" which contains a replica of the lighthouse. Below is
a picture of the stamp, set for cancelling mail on Sep 24 1993.
Like other tourist who traveled there in 2001 to view the
lighthouse, I also mailed a card to myself from that unique post
office/lighthouse. Unfortunately, after passing of time and moving from place
to place, I have misplaced or lost the
card. In my opinion, a cancelled stamp on mail processed at Peggy's Cove
Lighthouse Post Office could be a future collector’s item, if not
already.
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