Grand Manan lightkeeper's house up for sale
Last Updated: Thursday, March 6, 2008 | 4:22 PM AT
CBC News
The lightkeeper's house at a lighthouse often called the most photographed in the Maritimes will soon be up for sale.
The village of Grand Manan has decided to put the lightkeeper's house at Swallowtail Lighthouse on the market.
The lighthouse, which sits on a spit of land on the north head of Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy, was built in 1858. Following the automation of the lighthouse in 1986, the keeper's house was turned into a bed and breakfast.
The village owns the house and has decided it is costing too much to upkeep, said Mayor Dennis Greene.
"It's been vandalized quite a bit," Greene told CBC News. "You can make trips out there once every week and repair the damages that have been done."
Repairs to the keeper's building and surrounding property, which is also owned by Grand Manan, have cost the village more than $80,000 over recent years, said the mayor.
The village has put out a call for proposals on the use of the property but hasn't yet received anything satisfactory, Greene said.
One of the terms of the sale for the keeper's house would be that public access to the lighthouse will be allowed to continue, he said.
The lightkeeper's building hasn't been formally listed yet, but the village has been approached by a potential buyer from South Carolina, Greene said.
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