Port Bickerton Lighthouse Association
Welcome to the Port Bickerton Lighthouse! Located on Nova Scotia’s rugged Eastern Shore, our lighthouse has guided North Atlantic mariners to safety and security for over a century, and continues to do so today.
The Port Bickerton Lighthouse & Beach
By Jocelyn Gagnon
Since 1997, it has also been the site of the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre, which is open on a seasonal basis to offer information to visitors about the history of the Port Bickerton Lighthouse and Nova Scotia’s rich maritime lighthouse tradition.
Since May, 2014, the newly-renovated lightkeeper’s residence on site is being operated as both an artist retreat, and as a weekly vacation rental cottage. For further details, click on the Artist-in-Residence Programme or the Residence Rental box on the left of this page.
We believe that lighthouses are iconic symbols which link the past to the present to the future. As such, they deserve to be preserved and protected for future generations to enjoy and respect.
We hope you will enjoy exploring the contents of this website further, just as we hope you will enjoy visiting and exploring the Port Bickerton Lighthouse site itself.
Rain Barrel Fundraiser
Hello everyone, our Great Canadian Rain Barrel (and other products) Fundraiser in support of our Port Bickerton Lighthouse is underway. High quality, affordable rain barrels, rolling composters, Best Downspout Diverters, wooden rain barrel stands, parts, and optional accessories are now available for online pre-order, while supplies last. Residents will benefit from significantly lower prices resulting from truckload sale discounts.
For more information about the products available and how you can place your order online, please click here.
Last day to order is May 15th, 2026 and pick up is May 23rd from 9am – 12pm (noon) at Kaiser Marine. If an item does happen to sell out, keep checking the webpage for availability updates.
The FAQ guide on the rain barrels can be found here: https://rainbarrel.ca/contact/#product
For product- or location-specific questions, please contact Cheryl Kulagowski:
cksother@gmail.com
902-364-2293
I own three of these rain barrels and besides watering-in my seedlings, I have found a hundred other uses for the water I catch. From just one side of my small back-porch roof I easily fill the two barrels I have connected in succession. I certainly appreciated all the rain I could catch in last summers’ dry conditions.
Cheers!
– Cheryl Kulagowski