I've never been to nova Scotia- although I've planned trips to go there more than once.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the colors of the lighthouse you saw were red and white or white and red.

This describes about 95% of the lighthouses in Nova Scotia- probably in the Maritime Provinces as well. laugh

I know- not much help. I couldn't resist, though.

Here's a site for you to start at-

Lighthouses of Nova Scotia

http://www.nslps.com/index.asp

and also

Lighthouse Directory

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/

Dennis