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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Tower Height: 48 Height of Focal Plane: 55 Characteristic and Range: White flash every 15 seconds. Description of Tower: White square tower attached to fog signal building, with red lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Duplex dwelling (1963). Earlier Towers?
1815: 60-foot octagonal wooden tower with red and white bands. 1883: White, square wooden tower attached to dwelling. 1971: Steel skeleton tower (moved to Jeddore Rock). Date Established: 1815 Date Present Tower Built: 1978 Date Automated: 1986 Fog Signal: Two horns, blast every 60 seconds. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions:
Accessible by boat only; the lighthouse can be seen from near the hospital on Union Street in Canso. Keepers: Ralph Allison Armsworthy (?), Havelock Cohoon (?), Jerry Armsworthy (?-1986?)
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