The Lighthouse Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick on Drews Head, as it was known, on the western side of the bay.[2]
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| Location | New Brunswick, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°03′47″N 66°43′59″W / 45.062978°N 66.733097°W |
| Tower | |
| Construction | concrete (foundation), fiberglass (tower)  |
| Height | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1] |
| Markings | white (tower), red (lantern) |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Fog signal | 6s. blast every 60s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1984 |
| Focal height | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
| Range | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) |
| Characteristic | Iso W 6s |
| 1960s tower | |
| Constructed | 1960s |
| Construction | metal |
| Shape | square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light |
| Original tower | |
| Constructed | 1875 |
| Construction | lumber (tower) |
| Shape | quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white (tower), red (lantern) |
| First lit | 15 January 1876 |
| Focal height | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Lens | seventh order Fresnel lens (1905–), fourth order Fresnel lens (1915–) |
| Range | 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) |
| Characteristic | F W |
History
editThe 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.[3] 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).[4] 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 3 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.[4]
Keepers
edit- 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)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ The London Gazette. Great Britain. 1876-02-01. p. 414. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ a b "Lighthouse Point Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
