Lamèque Island
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| Location | lamèque Island, Shippegan Parish, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 47°43′19.82″N 64°39′38.18″W / 47.7221722°N 64.6606056°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1872 |
| Construction | wooden tower |
| Height | 16.5 metres (54 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal frustun tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard[1][2] |
| Heritage | recognized federal heritage building of Canada |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 16.5 metres (54 ft) |
| Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), Barbier, Bernard et Turenne lantern (current) |
| Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl Y 5s. |
Lamèque Island (French: Île Lamèque), (formerly Shippegan Island or Shippigan Island),[3][4] is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
The island has an area of 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi).[5] It is separated from mainland North America on the south by the Shippagan Gut with the island forming Lameque Bay, Shippagan Harbour and Shippagan Bay west of this channel. The island is separated from Miscou Island on the north by the Miscou Channel, with both islands forming Miscou Harbour.
The Shippagan Gut is bridged between the town of
The Miscou Channel is bridged between the community of
Lamèque Island and Miscou Island separate
See also
- List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
- Acadian Peninsula
- Lamèque, New Brunswick
- Shippagan, New Brunswick
- List of communities in New Brunswick
- List of islands of New Brunswick
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
- ^ "Shippegan Island". Geographical Names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Shippegan Island". Geographical Names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Statistics Canada Chapter 15, Geography" (PDF). statcan.gc.ca/. Statistics Canada. p. 213. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
External links
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| Big Shippagan Lighthouse |
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