Set high on a bluff overlooking the approaches to
St. John's harbour Cape Spear Lighthouse is a visual icon of the
province of Newfoundland. Restored by Parks Canada to its early
19th-century core, the structure is an elegant neoclassical cube with a
domed light tower rising from its centre. It shares its site with a
functioning light, and is now operated as a historic site open to the
public.
On Canada’s most easterly point of land, the oldest
surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland and Labrador offers a glimpse into
the lives of 19th century lighthouse keepers and their families. Marvel
at icebergs, migrating whales, and hunting seabirds on this rough
Atlantic coast.
Perché sur un promontoire et surveillant les abords
du port de St. John’s, le phare du Cap Spear constitue un emblème de la
province de Terre-Neuve. Le phare dont la structure a été restaurée par
Parcs Canada par rapport à ce qu’il était au début du XIXe siècle, se
compose d’un cube élégant de style néoclassique, avec une tour en dôme
qui se dresse au centre du phare. Situé sur le même site qu’un phare
présentement en exploitation, il est maintenant un lieu historique
ouvert au public.
Situé sur la pointe de terre la plus à l’est de
tout le Canada, le phare du cap Spear est le plus ancien phare encore
debout de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Ce lieu historique donne un aperçu de
ce à quoi ressemblait la vie des gardiens de phare et de leurs familles
au XIXe siècle. Admirez les icebergs, les baleines en migration et les
oiseaux de mer sur la côte rude de l’Atlantique.
Source: Canada's Historic Places & Parks Canada Websites (2022)
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Brochures
The contents of brochures can be
viewed by clicking on the cover. These items are historical in
scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are
not meant as an aid for travel planning.
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Documents
Management Documents
Management Plan (Parks Canada, April 2004)
Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2016)
Historical Documents
Archaeological Monitoring of Geotechnical Investigations at Cape Spear National Historic Site, NL, May 2016 (Stantec Consulting Ltd. for Parks Canada, July 12, 2016)
Archaeological Overview and Assessment, WWWII Bunker Recapitalization and Upgrades (Newfoundland), Cape Spear NHS (Martin Perron for Parks Canada, January 11, 2016 revised August 17, 2016)
Cape Spear Lighthouse Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 386 (M. Elizabeth Snow/Edward F. Bush, Parks Canada, 1975)
Climate Change Adaptation Workshop: Newfoundland Easts, St. John's, N.L. / Série de rapports d'ateliers sur l'adaptation aux changements climatiques : Terre-Neuve-Est, St. John's, T.-N.-L. (Parks Canada, April 2019)
Drawings: Light Tower, Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, March 11, 2015)
Drawings: Lighthouse Dome, Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site (Parks Canada, undated)
Drawings: Most Easterly Point, Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site (Parks Canada, undated)
Drawings: World War II Battery, Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site (Parks Canada, undated)
Heritage Character Statement / Énoncé de valeur patrimoniale, Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site
Cape Spear Lighthouse / Phare du Cap-Spear (FHBRO No. 00-198, August 2002, Canadian Register of Historic Places)
Salvage Archaeology at Cape Spear Lighthouse, Newfoundland, September 1976 from Miscellaneous Salvage Archaeology Reports. Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 231 (Caroline Phillips Parmenter, Parks Canada, 1976)
Special Events in the National Historic Sites of Canada in Eastern Newfoundland: Replacement Class Screening Report (Parks Canada, December 2007)
The Canadian Lighthouse, Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 9 (Edward F. Bush, Parks Canada, 1974)
Books/Livres
The following visual bibliography is just a
sampling of the books which have been published for this park.
ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for
informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able
to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.
Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 9 1974
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Lieux historiques canadiens: cahiers d'archéologie et d'histoire no 9 1974
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cover only
Keepers of the Light: The Cantwells of Cape Spear, Newfoundland, A Family History Irene Collins 2001
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cover only
Cantwell's Way: A Natural History of the Cape Spear Lightstation James E. Candow 2014
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