Lighthouse Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse in New Brunswick, Canada

Lighthouse

Iso W 6s

1960s tower

Constructed1960s

Constructionmetal

Shapesquare pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lightOriginal tower

Constructed1875

Constructionlumber (tower)

Shapequadrangular tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite (tower), red (lantern)

First lit15 January 1876

Focal height45 ft (14 m)

Lensseventh order Fresnel lens (1905–), fourth order Fresnel lens (1915–)

Range10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)

CharacteristicF W

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]

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.^[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

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.
^ 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.