Managing Organization: Canadian Coast Guard
Notes: The original lighthouse here was replaced by a 30-foot skeleton tower in 1992. Three years later (spring 1995), the lighthouse fell to the bottom of the cliff due to sea and wind erosion. Tower Height: 30 Height of Focal Plane: 73 Characteristic and Range: Two white flashes every 6 seconds; range 8 miles. Description of Tower: 1914: 46-foot white hexagonal concrete tower with six buttresses and a red lantern; focal plane 66 feet.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1914 Date Present Tower Built: 1992 Date Automated: 1987 Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Keepers: Cyrille A. Landry (1948-1967), Paul Adrien Vigneault (1970-1987)
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