Lighthouse Point Lighthouse
The Lighthouse Point Light is an active lighthouse in Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick on Drews Head, as it was known, on the western side of the bay.
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| Location | Beaver Harbour New Brunswick Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°3′46.72″N 66°43′59.15″W |
| Year first constructed | 1875 (first) 1960s (second) |
| Year first lit | 1984 (current) |
| Foundation | concrete base (current) |
| Construction | wooden tower (first) metal skeletal tower (second) fiberglass tower (current) |
| Tower shape | quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern (first) square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light (second) tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current) |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, red lantern (current) |
| Tower height | 8 metres (26 ft) |
| Focal height | 14.5 metres (48 ft) |
| Light source | main power |
| Range | 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Iso W 6s. |
| Fog signal | 6s. blast every 60s. |
| Admiralty number | H4112 |
| CHS number | CCG 83 |
| NGA number | 11184 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-162 |
| Managing agent | Canadian Coast Guard[2] |
History
The first lighthouse was inaugurated on 15 January 1876 and consisted of a white wooden quadrangular tower with balcony and red lantern attached to the keeper's house; the light was at 45 feet (14 m) of height above sea level and emitted a fixed white light. In 1900 was activated a hand foghorn and in 1905 a seventh-order lens and lamp substituted the original lamp and reflectors; the new fixed white light was visible up to 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi). In 1915 a fourth-order lens was set up and in the 1960s a new metal square pyramidal skeletal tower was built to substitute the older.
The current lighthouse was erected in 1984 and consist of a 8 metres (26 ft) fiberglass cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern. The light is positioned at 14.5 metres (48 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash 6 seconds long in a 6 seconds period visible up to a distance of 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Canadian Coast Guard with the identification code number CCG 83.[3]
Keepers
- Ezra Munro (1875 – 1882)
- Edward Dukes Snell (1882 – 1892)
- John C. Conley (1892 – 1904)
- John "Melvin" Eldridge (1904 – 1926)
- Roy A. Sparks (1928 – at least 1939)
- Hazen Holmes (1952 – 1957)
- Garnett William Eldridge (1957 – 1967)
- Edward N. Wilson (1967 – 1970)
- C.A. Stuart (1970 – 1983)
- R.C. Stuart (1983 – 1984)
References
- List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
- "Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- "Lighthouse Point Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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