Managing Organization: Canadian Coast Guard
Tower Height: 43 Height of Focal Plane: 367 Characteristic and Range: 1878: White flash every 40 seconds. 1914: Group flashing (25 seconds). 1956: White flash every 5 seconds. 1979: Flashing white every four seconds Description of Tower: Skeleton tower.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers? 1878: 53' white, square pyramidal tower, burned down in 1956. Date Established: 1878 Date Present Tower Built: 1956 Optics: 1956: sixth order Fresnel lens. Fog Signal: 1914-1956 Hand-operated foghorn Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only. Keepers: Nelson Card (1878-1888), G. Judson Reid (1889-1904), Percy E. Morris (1904-1941), Donald Morris (1941-1946), John Fullerton (1946-1956)
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