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Name: Owen Sound Rear Range Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

Location: Georgian Bay, Lake Huron.

Click to enlarge: Photo   
Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand

Notes:
Because of dredging and channel shifting, there have been several successive range towers at Owen Sound, each new one seemingly taller than the preceding one. (Thanks to Michel Forand.)

Tower Height: 46

Height of Focal Plane: 46

Characteristic and Range: Fixed red, visible for 8 miles.

Description of Tower: 1895: White, square, pyramidal wooden tower.

This light is not operational

Earlier Towers?
1851 (no details available); 1884: White wooden tower.

Date Established: 1851

Date Deactivated: 1909

Current Use: Unknown.