Point Amour Lighthouse
Location | L'Anse Amour Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
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Coordinates | 51°27′38″N 56°51′30″W / 51.46049°N 56.85835°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1854-1858 |
Construction | limestone covered with brick and clapboard tower |
Automated | 1960s |
Height | 125 feet |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower with a horizontal black band, red dome |
Operator | Labrador Straits Historical Development Corporation[1] |
Heritage | classified federal heritage building of Canada, heritage lighthouse |
Fog signal | 1 blast every 30s. |
Light | |
Focal height | 46 metres (151 ft) |
Lens | second order Fresnel lens |
Range | 18 nautical miles |
Characteristic | Fl W 20s. |
The Point Amour Lighthouse is a
L'Anse Amour, and was completed in 1857. It is the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada, and the second tallest one in all of Canada,[2]
reaching a height of 109 feet (33m).
The Point Amour Lighthouse was part of a series of four lighthouses built in the 1850s to allow for safer passage for the increased steamship travel between Europe and the new world at that time.Marconi Station, of which only the foundations survive.
A
focal plane at 152 feet (46 m) above sea level is in use. In 1996 the operation of the lighthouse was converted to an automatic system. The light characteristic
is a period of light of 16 seconds with an adjacent pause of 4 seconds. A fog signal may be sounded from a separate building.
Lighthouse keepers
Lightkeepers | Time |
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John Blampied | 1857-1869 |
Pierre Godier | 1869-1879 |
Matthew Wyatt | 1879-1889 |
Thomas Wyatt | 1889-1919 |
Jeff Wyatt | 1919-1963 |
Milton Elliott | 1963-1969 |
Max Sheppard | 1969-1995 |
In the 1960s the lighthouse became automated.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Labrador and Belle Isle". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Labrador and Belle Isle". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
- ^ "Provincial Historic Site : Point Amour Lighthouse". www.pointamourlighthouse.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Construction : Point Amour Lighthouse". www.pointamourlighthouse.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Lightkeepers : Point Amour Lighthouse". www.pointamourlighthouse.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
External links
- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
- Point Amour Lighthouse website
- Point Amour Lighthouse at Lorne's Lighthouses
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