Low Point Lighthouse, Federal heritage lighthouse in New Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada

Low Point Lighthouse is a federal heritage building in Cape Breton with a white octagonal concrete tower topped by a red iron lantern room. The structure stands above Sydney Harbour and helps vessels navigate the entrance safely.

The structure began as a wooden tower built in 1832 to guide ships into the harbour. A major rebuilding in 1938 replaced the original wood with concrete and created the tower we see today.

The point has been called both Low Point and Flat Point since at least 1882; the name was officially approved as Flat Point on 1 June 1909 and changed to Low Point on 1 October 1953. Locals still use both names, and the station appears on official lists of lights under either or both.

The lighthouse sits at the eastern entrance of Sydney Harbour and is visible from the water and nearby shore paths. Visitors should know that coastal erosion affects the area and access may be limited at times.

The round iron lantern on top is the last classic lantern of its type still in use on an operational lighthouse in Nova Scotia. The third-order Fresnel lens that once sat there, made in France by Barbier, Bénard et Turenne, was replaced in October 1984 by a DCB-36 rotating airport beacon and is reported to be stored at the Coast Guard base in Dartmouth.