East Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse Of 1867 At The Easternmost Point Of Prince Edward Island, Relocated In 1885 And Again In 1908, Overlooking The Convergence Of Gulf Of St. Lawrence And Northumberland Strait Currents · Souris, Prince Edward Island

At the far eastern tip of Prince Edward Island, the currents of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait run into each other, and on a decent day you can stand on the headland and see the seam where they meet - a line of disturbed water running out from the point, with seals working along it. The lighthouse above has stood since 1867, the year of Confederation, and it has had an unusually mobile life for a building whose entire job is to stay put. In 1882 the British warship Phoenix went down near here and her officers blamed the light for being too far from the point, so in 1885 it was picked up and moved closer. Then the sea began taking the land it had been moved onto, and in 1908 it was moved again. The octagonal wooden tower is about twenty metres, and in season you can climb it.

East Point, near Elmira, Kings County, Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada

THE HEADLAND AND GROUNDS ARE FREE AND OPEN AT ALL TIMES, with free parking at the point. THE LIGHTHOUSE ITSELF IS SEASONAL - staffed roughly late June to early September, when the tower can be climbed for a few dollars and the craft shop is open; outside that period the building is shut although the point remains freely accessible. SUNRISE IS THE BEST HOUR, this being the easternmost point of the island. FOG IS COMMON and removes the view of the meeting tides entirely. Do not swim - the converging currents offshore are dangerous, and there is no lifeguard on this coast.

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