{"id":2348,"date":"2013-11-18T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T18:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2024-11-10T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T10:33:04","slug":"cape-forchu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=2348","title":{"rendered":"Cape Forchu Lightstation"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Samuel du Champlain was exploring here in 1604, he named this point Cap Forchu, meaning forked cape. A year later he settled in Port Royal<\/a>.  “The Bar” is what it is sometimes referred to locally, as it is on a peninsula.<\/p>\n

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Shipwrecks were common along the shoreline here and it was recommended by Colonel Robert Morse in 1874 that a chain of lighthouses should be built along the shores of Nova Scotia hence the construction of the Cape Forchu Lighthouse in 1840.<\/p>\n

Cape Forchu Lightstation was replaced in 1962 with the current “apple core” – a concrete tower.<\/p>\n

At Cape Forchu there is an outcrop of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click the photo below to view a 360\u02d9 panoramic<\/strong> view at Cape Forchu. It’s iPad compatible. Click and drag to view around the 360\u02d9 view, use the shift key to zoom in, and command key to zoom out.<\/p>\n

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\"CapeForchu3920\"<\/a>I had wanted to get to see Cape Forchu for years, and this summer we finally made it here.<\/p>\n

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 Cape Forchu Lightstation<\/em><\/p>\n