Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada - The 2006 Story Save Quilt

Levi and Ella Lloy, Nova Scotia Coming soon

The lighthouse stands as a sentinel along the rugged Nova Scotia shorelines. Its beacon warns those whould come home from the sea of rocks, shallow waters, shoals or some other danger. Those who went down to the sea in boats depended on the faithful guide for safe return in the fog after weary hours on the often rough waters of the Atlantic.

This navigational aid was so important that a lighthouse keeper manned the statioin 24 - 7. Usually the lighthouse was accompanied by housing for a family who would live a lonely existence in isolation until they were relieved for a short holiday.

Lighthouses served not only as guides to seafarers but as communication towers with remarkable efficiency, communicating not only ship to shore but also passing important messages along the coast with a pattern of heliographic symbols. Today, although few lighthouses fulfill their original service, they are remembered - a fitting token of the Atlantic legacy - of those who do down to the sea.