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Name: Campbellton Light   Map it!

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Also known as: Campbellton Rear Range Light

Nearest Town or City:
Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada

Location: Restigouche River, Baie des Chaleurs.


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Photo: Michel Forand
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Managing Organization:
Campbellton Lighthouse Youth Hostel

Telephone: 506-759-7044

Website: http://www.hihostels.ca/hostels/NewBrunswick/NewBrunswickRegion/CampbelltonLighthouseYouthHostel/Hostels/index.html

Contact Address Information:
1 Ritchie Street
P.O. Box 100
Campbellton
New Brunswick, E3N 3G1, Canada

Notes:
The Campbellton Lighthouse is a rear range. The front range is a simple skeleton tower with a red stripe on a white daymark. The rear light is also on a skeleton tower (1978), but the lighthouse attached to the youth hostel was built around it in 1985 and “hides” it.

Tower Height: 50

Height of Focal Plane: 58

Characteristic and Range: Fixed yellow.

Description of Tower: White, octagonal tower (built around square steel skeletal tower) with red trim, attached to keeper's house.

This light is operational

Date Established: 1879

Date Present Tower Built: 1985

Current Use: Active aid to navigation, youth hostel.

Open To Public? Yes.

Directions:
On the city's waterfront, south of the Restigouche River.

Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!

Nearby Lodging: Call 506-759-7044 for information on lodging at the Lighthouse Youth Hostel.


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