Five Islands Lighthouse Park: Picnic Shelter

Located near Parrsboro, NS, overlooking the Minas Basin and the world's highest tides. Progress photos below.

Finished frame overlooking lighthouse and islands

The finished shelter:

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Can you name the five islands? Answer at bottom of page.

Timber frame picnic shelterspacerRoof detail

King postsspacertimber frame gable and rafter detail

Raising a bentspacerConnecting the bents

Entry timber frame truss about to be lifted into placespacerEntry truss in place

installing the dormerspacerFull timber frame

Timberframe, Lighthouse, and islandsspacerInside the timberframe

The five islands are: Moose, Diamond, Long, Egg and Pinnacle.
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