Save Canada's Lighthouses Petition

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Without you, it could be lights out for Canada's lighthouses.

The Government of Canada owns hundreds of iconic lighthouses like the one above - but earlier this year, it declared more than 500 of them - including many of the most historic ones - as "surplus."

That means many of these important local landmarks and historic icons are at risk. Already neglected, starved for essential maintenance and care, and often located on remote, weather-ravaged sites, Canada's historic maritime symbols face an uncertain future.

Local groups want to help. But, they are under pressure to find the money and the means to save these iconic structures. You can help too.

Call on the Federal Government now to invest in the efforts of local groups and communities that are committed to saving Canada's lighthouses for future generations.

https://www.nationaltrustcanada.ca/issues-campaigns/places-risk/lighthouses
 
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I wonder if ours will be effected by this? The group is trying so hard to get the money raised to try and get it repaired. It would be a shame if ours came down too. I guess time will tell what happens.
 

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Lots of interest in protecting surplus lighthouses
OTTAWA Parks Canada says it expects about 350 lighthouses will be nominated to receive heritage designations.

Norman Shields, the department's manager of the heritage lighthouse program, says it has received petitions to protect lighthouses from groups in every province except Manitoba, Alberta and the territories.

A Hamilton citizen's group announced last year that it was seeking heritage status for the Beach Canal Lighthouse.

Groups had until this past Tuesday to file petitions to have the individual lighthouses receive the designation and have ownership transferred to them.

The Department of Fisheries declared more than 500 lighthouses surplus as it steps away from the business of maintaining the structures.

http://www.thespec.com/news/canada/...of-interest-in-protecting-surplus-lighthouses
 

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Parks Canada says it expects about 350 lighthouses will be nominated to receive heritage designations, including the famous Peggys Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia.

Norman Shields, the manager of the heritage lighthouse program, said the department has received petitions to protect lighthouses from groups in every province except Manitoba, Alberta and the territories.

Groups had until this past Tuesday to file petitions to have the individual lighthouses receive the designation and have ownership transferred to them.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada declared nearly 1,000 lighthouses surplus as it steps away from the business of maintaining the structures.

The groups also need to submit a business plan before being granted ownership and receiving the heritage designation, which would require its character to be preserved.

Shields said around 95 lighthouses in Nova Scotia - including Peggys Cove - have been petitioned, but that they don't have a final tally since they are still going through them.

The surplus lighthouses are those that Canadian Coast Guard officials determined "could be replaced with simpler structures whose operation and maintenance would be more cost-effective," according to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada website.

Across the country, 488 active lighthouses and 488 inactive lighthouses were declared surplus on May 29, 2010, when the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act came into force.

Individuals, municipalities and community-based non-profit groups had two years to plan to take over the surplus lighthouses. Under the act, they could seek heritage designations for the lighthouses through a petition to Parks Canada.

I haven't seen a list of the ones they are trying to protect. I wished I knew which ones. It would be interesting to know if ours is on this list. Has anyone heard if it is?


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/05/31/ns-lighthouse-petitions.html
 
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