Canada’s East coast has an indelible connection with the Titanic tragedy. When the RMS Titanic sinking occurred on April 15, 1912, the nearest major port with the resources to respond was Halifax. Halifax became the center of the recovery effort. Cable ships based there—including the CS Mackay-Bennett, the CS Minia, and others—were dispatched to recover victims from the disaster site….
Perched on the rugged granite coastline of Nova Scotia, the Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse is one of Canada’s most recognizable landmarks. Located in the small fishing village of Peggy’s Cove, about 40 kilometres southwest of Halifax, the lighthouse has become a symbol of the province’s rich maritime heritage and natural beauty. The original lighthouse was established…
At the edge of Europe stands the lighthouse at the end of the world.
If Disney princesses were designing lighthouses, this little beauty is probably what they would come up with.
Just a few hundred metres from the Isle of Wight but it might as well be in the middle f the ocean – The Needles lighthouse was a triumph of Victorian engineering
Perched on Pilot Hill, a windswept headland overlooking Main Beach, the Clarence River entrance and the Tasman Sea, Yamba’s lighthouses are tangible links to the town’s maritime past and present.
Standing proudly on Dunbar Head at Vaucluse, overlooking the entrance to Sydney Harbour, the Macquarie Lighthouse holds the distinction of being Australia’s longest continuously operating lighthouse.
Tokyo’s Kudanzaka Lighthouse is believed to be Japan’s oldest surviving stone lighthouse – yet it’s nowhere near the coastline.
The Pharos of Alexandria guided ships for 1500 years and ir was the model on which modern lighthouses were built.
22 year old Grace Darling, a lighthouse keeper’s daugher from Northumberland whose heroism inspired Victorian Britain.
