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EXCERPT
FROM "Heritage Lighthouse Protection
Act Implementation, May 2010
Heritage Lighthouses of Canada
"Fisheries and Oceans Canada has
declared approximately 480 active lighthouses and
approximately 490 inactive lighthouses across Canada
surplus to its needs. Under the new Heritage
Lighthouse Protection Act, these properties can be
transferred to new owners wishing to take advantage
of their heritage designation or tourism potential.
The Act comes into force on May 29, 2010 as a means
to protect federally-owned heritage lighthouses by
allowing them to be used for other purposes, as long
as they are maintained in a manner consistent with
established conservation practices.
Individuals, municipalities or non-profit groups may
apply to Parks Canada for heritage designation of
any federally-owned lighthouse property. For the
surplus lighthouses, a written commitment to acquire
ownership and protect the lighthouse must be
accepted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in order for
it to be designated under the Act. Potential owners
must submit a business plan that shows their
proposed use of the property will be economically
viable over the long term, and that they have the
capacity to manage the property.
In some cases, lighthouses contain aids to
navigation, which must remain operational. Parties
wishing to purchase these properties would need to
enter into an agreement with Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, permitting it access to the site for
maintenance and operation of the aid to navigation.
Pursuant to the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act,
the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has
determined that the lighthouses on the lists below
are surplus to the operational requirements of the
Department. A surplus lighthouse may only be
designated as a heritage lighthouse if a person or
body submits a written commitment to acquire the
lighthouse and protect its heritage character in the
event that it is designated as a heritage
lighthouse."
See continuation in
the origiual version (2010) with Gail Shea as
ministerof Fisheries:
For
the Current version of this --- See
this on the DFO website
Note
in particular, the following paragraph:from this
reference:
"For the surplus lighthouses, a written
commitment to acquire ownership and protect the
lighthouse must be accepted by Fisheries and Oceans
Canada in order for it to be designated under the
Act. Potential owners must submit a business plan
that shows their proposed use of the property will
be economically viable over the long term, and that
they have the capacity to manage the property."
On
the Environment
Canada website one finds the following
version:
Petition
Process
You are encouraged to participate in the
designation of heritage lighthouses!
Residents of Canada can nominate a lighthouse for
designation under the Heritage Lighthouse
Protection Act by forwarding a petition to the
Heritage Lighthouse Program by 29 May 2012.
To meet the requirements of the Act, petitions
must:
nominate a lighthouse that is currently owned by
the federal government;
be signed by at least 25 residents of Canada who
are 18 years of age or older, including the names
and addresses of all petitioners; and
be addressed to the Minister responsible for Parks
Canada (the Minister of the Environment).
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