Recherche dans la collection - Plan, profil et elevation de la tour proposée a faire sur la butte de l'entrée du port de Louisbourg, qui servira a éclairer les vaisseaux et les guider. [Signé] Verrier, No. d'oeuvre 171. 1732. Ministère des colonies Amérique septentrional, D.F.C.-No. 171. Copié par Ch. Baudoin, juillet 1937. Collationné le 21 sept., Th. Beauchesne. [architectural drawing]

This attractive plan of the Louisbourg lighthouse includes a side elevation, a side cross-section, and a floor plan of the structure. The LAC holds another plan of the Louisbourg lighthouse dated tentatively at 1737. The later plan is significantly different in proportion and detail. There is some ambiguity in the date of this plan. According to Dunn construction of the masonry tower began in 1730 and was completed in 1733. By 1732 it must have been well advanced, yet on this 1732 plan th tower is still "proposed". Nevertheless, the tower began operation in 1733. In 1736 the lantern was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt and operational by 1738. The LAC also holds a plan of the reconstructed lantern. This structure is required to be the first lighthouse in Canada and the second in North America.

Scale 2:72

The microfiche version is NMC930