Named for the naval warship the HMS Amphitrite in 1859 by Captian George H. Richards of the Royal Navy, Amphitrite Lighthouse is located on the western edge of Amphitrite Point, at the northern edge of Barkley Sound.
In 1906 a wooden lighthouse was built on the Point after the tragic shipwreck of the Pass of Melfort in 1905. After the original was destroyed by storm waves in 1914 it was replaced with the current lighthouse in 1915. Amphitrite Lighthouse was automated by the Canadian Coast Guard in 1988.
The light flashes white every 12 seconds, and is visible for 16 nautical miles. The horn can be heard much further…