The Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada photographed in 2012. One viewer asked why is it called Swallowtail. I looked at a map and saw that of Grand Manan; the shape of North Head and Swallowtail point, that the lighthouse is on, resembles the point of a Swallowtail butterflies wing.
For Norm’s Thursday Doors 8/25/2016.
About the lighthouse:
Swallowtail Light, Grand Manan 9/4/2012
Swallowtail Light, Grand Manan 9/4/2012
Swallowtail Light, Grand Manan 9/4/2012
Swallowtail Light
Swallowtail Light, Grand Manan 9/4/2012
More inormation:
I love that door just the way it is! I might’ve missed this, but why is this location called Swallowtail?
I like it weathered too. I figured out why it is called Swallowtail. Look at a map of Grand Manan; the shape of North Head and Swallowtail point, that the lighthouse is on, resembles the point of a swallowtail butterfly wing.
Very interesting… Thanks!
That’s what I call a door with character 🙂
🙂 Sure is.
Nova Scotia..I LOVE how the light is tethered to the rocks so it does not blow away in a gale.
🙂
Lighthouse doors – yes! Some great shots of one of my favorite regions of the country. I spend more time in Nova Scotia but New Brunswick has its share of beautiful coastline too.
Thanks Norm. I want to see Nova Scotia someday.
Stunning scenery, Sherry! The house on top of the cliff is so dreamy – I wonder how it feels like to live there with such amazing view to the ocean..
It was an amazing trip. I would like to live there in the summer. The winds and storms can be fierce and it would be hard to get to the house in winter. 🙂
Lighthouses and windmills always make me smile 🙂
I can’t lose! LOL
What a odd spot for the little white house,
Great photos! *!*
It’s part of the lighthouse. Thanks Lee.
Wonderful. Somehow the lighthouse and little buildings look like toys someone plunked onto the landscape.
I agree 🙂
Beautiful lighthouse. 🙂
Thanks Judy.
Let’s hope they never find reason to paint the lighthouse. It is beautiful just as it is.
They will have to to preserve it, but it will weather again fast.
Very nice! Lighthouses are awesome! 🙂 (Looks like a good place to look for fossils.)
Thanks. Some parts of the Bay of Fundy has fossils. It is mostly granite and volcanic rock on the east coast of Grand Manan where we were http://www.bayoffundy.com/about/geology/ Might be some in the sedimentary rocks on the west.
Oooh, pretty doors post! Love that red!
Thanks
Lovely collection and this looks like a very beautiful place to visit. (Suzanne)
Thank you. It is indeed very lovely.
Beautiful shots, Sherry. That first door’s seen its share of weather, hasn’t it? I love the way the small red door can be seen from so far away.
janet
Thanks. I used 3 shots at different distances on purpose to display the red door. So glad you noticed.
Lovely! I love lighthouses! <3
🙂 Thanks Trini
Gorgeous, gorgeous photos! The lighthouse door may need a bit of paint, but I love the red and white combination of the buildings.
Thank you. Not hard to get good photos when the subject is interesting. Not only is the red and white visible from far away, the colors match the Canadian flag.
Lovely photos! This really looks like a unique place to visit 😃
It is special. Thanks.
Great post, great photos of our country.
Thanks Victor.
Very nice photos!
Thank you Andy.
Great door, stunning landscapes.
by the way are those wires there to stop it disappearing in winter storms?
LOL I doubt it. Thanks.
Wonderful shots of a beautiful part of the country!
Thanks. It is so close to Maine it felt odd using a passport to get there.