Built in 1857-8, Point Amour lighthouse is the tallest in Atlantic Canada. It is constructed of locally quarried limestine, painted white. The house attached was for the light keeper and family. 3 generations of Wyatts lived here for 85 years. The house now serves as a museum. The lighthouse guards the strait at its narrowest point. Ships are forced into a narrow 22 mile wide passage. That doesn't sound like much but when you only have wind/sail power and a storm is raging, rocks and icebergs get in the way.
This is the only photo of a moose I took during our trip. It was running for dear life alongside the bus.
530 million year old calcite remains of sponglike sea creatures formed reefs in this odd shape. This would have occurred when the land here was part of a shallow tropical ocean.
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