The Canadian government built a wooden, hexagonal lighthouse at Cape Norman during the summer construction seasons of 1870 and 1871, and the lighthouse was lit for the first time on 1 October 1871. A local man, Henry Locke, was hired as lightkeeper. In 1890, following a shipwreck at Belle Isle the previous summer, a steam-operated fog alarm was installed at the Cape Norman.
The Canadian government built a wooden hexagonal lighthouse at Cape Norman during the summer construction seasons of 1870 and 1871. The lighthouse was lit for the first time on October 1st, 1871, with Henry Locke as the lightkeeper. Following a shipwreck at Belle Isle in 1889, a steam-powered fog alarm was installed at Cape Norman in 1890.