Qualla: Green's Point Lighthouse

Green's Point Lighthouse: Introduction

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Abnaki car ferry rounds the point and there it is: a white tower against the grey Atlantic, standing where it has since 1879, guiding vessels through the tricky entrance to Back Bay. Green's Point Lighthouse sits at L'Etete on the southwestern coast of New Brunswick, a place where the Bay of Fundy's immense tides squeeze through narrow passages between islands, and where the sea has always demanded a steady light. What makes this lighthouse unusual is not its age or its architecture but its afterlife. The tower still functions as a navigational aid, yet the property around it has become something richer -- part museum, part aquarium, part research station, part holiday rental. Visitors who book the attached keeper's cottage fall asleep to the rhythm of foghorns and wake to the sight of Coast Guard helicopters lifting off from the adjacent helipad.

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Green's Point Lighthouse: A Light on Letete Passage

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Green's Point -- sometimes called Mascabin Point in older records -- marks the opening where Letete Passage meets Back Bay. The waters here run fast and cold, funneled by the Bay of Fundy's legendary tides. When the lighthouse was established in 1879, this stretch of coast was bu...

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Green's Point Lighthouse: Where Science Meets the Shore

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Fundy Historian "Jay", CC BY 4.0. In the summer of 1986, marine researchers chose Green's Point as one of several stations for a survey of benthic algae across southwestern New Brunswick. The study catalogued the species living on the seafloor in these cold, nutrient-rich waters, contributing to a broader underst...

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Green's Point Lighthouse: Sleeping in the Keeper's Cottage

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Fundy Historian "Jay", CC BY 4.0. The most distinctive feature of Green's Point may be its hospitality. The cottage attached to the lighthouse is rented out to visitors, and the income helps finance the upkeep of the historic site. It is a clever arrangement -- sustainable preservation through tourism revenue, wi...

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