Cut Throat Island

The lighthouse was constructed by Richard White, a prolific light house constructor and subsequently inspector between the 1890s and the late 1910s (Molloy 1994, 18). White had a major role in lighting the Labrador coastline (Molloy 1994, 18). Cut Throat light house, erected in 1908, was one of 132 stations, which were under the control of the Minister of the Department of Marine and Fisheries (Molloy 1994, 18). The maintenance of the all of these stations cost almost $90,000 and was concerningly growing with nearly 200 people required to run them overall (Molloy 1994, 18).

Like many other minor light houses of this area, the light house consisted of an 18ft high iron tower with red and white vertical stripes next to a dwelling. The light was 92 feet above high water. The tower has been replaced with a square skeleton tower with a red and white rectangular daymark, with the tower height 12 feet.