Place Description
The Port Borden Pier Lighthouse is a 28' high hexagonal wooden tower topped with a hexagonal lantern box and gallery located on the end of the Port Borden Pier in Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island.
Why is this place important?
The Port Borden Pier Lighthouse is valued for its architectural style, its association with the marine and navigational heritage of the area, its importance to the community and for its continued visual presence.
The Port Borden Range Lights were established in 1918 to guide the SS Prince Edward Island ferry into port, which carried railcars, and by 1919, automobiles. In 1925 the current lighthouse was placed at the outer end of the ferry pier where it remains active today, providing guidance for fishing boats and other marine traffic. With the opening of the Confederation Bridge in 1997, the range lights were decommissioned, however the isophase green light remains active.
The pier is now owned by a fish packing company that has built a factory there restricting access to the lighthouse, which is maintained from April to December.
The Port Borden Pier Lighthouse continues to be an important symbol of the marine history of the area.
Source : Heritage Places files, Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
File #: 4310-20/P48
Special Characteristics
The heritage value of the Port Borden Lighthouse is demonstrated in the following character-defining elements:
- the overall massing of the lighthouse
- the wood shingle clad exterior, painted white with red trim
- the gallery supported by wooden brackets
- the window and door pedimented caps
- the hexagonal tower and lantern box, painted red
