Cape Bauld

Cape Bauld is a headland located at the northernmost point of Quirpon Island, an island just northeast of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Cape Bauld

Location of Cape Bauld in Newfoundland

Cape Bauld, slightly north and east of Cape Norman, delineates the eastern end of the Strait of Belle Isle.

The English explorer John Cabot may have landed at Cape Bauld on June 24, 1497, though Cape Bonavista is also mentioned as a potential landing point.^{[citation needed]} Cape Bauld is only some nine kilometers (5.6 miles) northeast of the verified Viking archeological site, the L'Anse aux Meadows coastal location, dating to five centuries earlier than Cabot's date of achievement.

Lighthouse

Cape Bauld Lighthouse

Location	Cape Bauld Quirpon Island Newfoundland Canada
Coordinates	51°36′24.4″N 55°25′38.4″W
Tower
Constructed	1884 (first)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	wooden tower (first) concrete tower (current)
Height	14.6 metres (48 ft)
Shape	quadrangular tower (first) octagonal truncated tower with balcony and lantern (current)
Markings	with tower, red lantern
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard[1][2]
Heritage	recognized federal heritage building of Canada
Light
First lit	1962 (current)
Deactivated	1962 (first)
Focal height	54 metres (177 ft)
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 15s.

A lighthouse was constructed at the cape in 1884.^[3] The current lighthouse is the second replacement structure, constructed 1960–1961.^[4] The lightkeeper's residence is from 1920.^[5]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Canada
• Henri de Miffonis