Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada
David Baird
Travel / Canada / Atlantic Provinces
256 pages • 8 x 11" • 357 Color & 13 B&W photographs • 11 Drawings & 11 Maps
ISBN 0–88995–275–2 paper • CDN 34.95 • USA 29.95

Canada's east coast currently has several hundred lighthouses, and this expansive volume features nearly 250 of them, complete with directions on how to reach those that are accessible. The stories surrounding each of these remarkable monuments provide riveting accounts of personal sacrifice, heroism and ingenuity.

This fascinating work is packed with color photographs from the famed Peggy's Point Cove to the most remote parts of Atlantic Canada. There are in–depth chapters that focus on different types of lighthouses, as well as how the lights themselves work.

Reviews
"While the lonely lighthouse keeper has been replaced by automation, the fascination has not faded."
–Hamilton Spectator

"The perfect book for a summer road trip to the East Coast."
–Globe & Mail