Cape Mudge Lighthouse
Location | Quadra Island British Columbia Canada |
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Coordinates | 49°59′54.8″N 125°11′43.9″W / 49.998556°N 125.195528°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1898 (first) |
Construction | concrete tower |
Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
Shape | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower, red balcony and lantern |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Heritage | heritage lighthouse |
Light | |
First lit | 1916 (current) |
Focal height | 17.5 metres (57 ft) |
Range | 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) |
Characteristic | F WR |
Cape Mudge Lighthouse is located on Quadra Island which is off Campbell River, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Cape Mudge was named by Captain George Vancouver in 1792 after Zachary Mudge, who had served on HMS Discovery, and in 1796 on HMS Providence in this area.[2]: 181
Built in 1898, the original lighthouse was a wooden, two-storey building topped with a lantern on the roof. It later served as lighthouse assistant keeper's residence after the current lighthouse opened in 1916 and was demolished after 1949.[3]
From 1936 to 1985, the Cape Mudge Lighthouse was part of the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans everyday for 49 years.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
- ^ "Cape Mudge (Quadra Island) Lighthouse".
- ^ "British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data (Pacific), 1914-present - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca. Treasury Board of Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
External links
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