Low Point Lighthouse

Low Point is an octagonal concrete tower, 72 feet (20.8m) high, painted white, with a red painted iron lantern. The lantern is from the original Chance Bros. Fresnel lens. The lens has been removed.

The first lighthouse was an octagonal wood tower, 69 feet high, with red and white stripes, It had a round iron lantern and a 3rd order double bullseye lens manufactured in France by Barbier, Benard et Turenne. a red lantern. This lighthouse was replaced in 1936 by the current concrete tower, but the original lantern and lens were retained.

Low Point boasts the only remaining circular lantern in Nova Scotia; built by Chance Brothers, England's famous builders of lenses and lanterns. It is also one of the few lightstations to retain its keeper's home. The lighthouse was automated and de-staffed in 1988. By 2002, the vacant keeper's house had been badly vandalized and the Canadian Coast Guard wanted to destroy it. Due to the efforts of a member of the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society, the Sydney Harbour Fortification Society became interested in saving the keeper's house and opening it to the public. By December of that year an agreement had been made between the Atlantic Lighthouse Council (ALC),and the Canadian Coast Guard for the house to be leased by ALC and restored and administered by the Sydney Harbour Fortification Society. Repairs have been made, but the house is not open to the public.