Ottawa wants to abandon ownership of nearly all of Nova Scotia’s lighthouses, including the famed icon at Peggys Cove.
According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans website, the department is trying to divest itself of nearly 1,000 lighthouses across the country, including 138 in Nova Scotia.

The federal government did not make an announcement about its attempts to declare the beacons surplus; instead a notice with a list of lighthouses was posted on its website as of May 27.