Lighthouse Point Lighthouse

The Lighthouse Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick on Drews Head, as it was known, on the western side of the bay.^[2]

Lighthouse Point Lighthouse

Location	New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates	45°03′47″N 66°43′59″W
Tower
Construction	concrete (foundation), fiberglass (tower)
Height	8 m (26 ft)
Shape	tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1]
Markings	white (tower), red (lantern)
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
Fog signal	6s. blast every 60s.
Light
First lit	1984
Focal height	14.5 m (48 ft)
Range	12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	Iso W 6s
1960s tower
Constructed	1960s
Construction	metal
Shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light
Original tower
Constructed	1875
Construction	lumber (tower)
Shape	quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white (tower), red (lantern)
First lit	15 January 1876
Focal height	45 ft (14 m)
Lens	seventh order Fresnel lens (1905–), fourth order Fresnel lens (1915–)
Range	10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Characteristic	F W

For other similarly-named locations, see Lighthouse Point.

History

The first lighthouse was inaugurated on 15 January 1876 and consisted of a white wooden quadrangular tower with balcony and red lantern attached to the keeper's house; the light was at 45 feet (14 m) of height above sea level and emitted a fixed white light.^[3] In 1900 was activated a hand foghorn and in 1905 a seventh-order lens and lamp substituted the original lamp and reflectors; the new fixed white light was visible up to 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi).^[4] In 1915 a fourth-order lens was set up and in the 1960s a new metal square pyramidal skeletal tower was built to substitute the older.

The current lighthouse was erected in 1984 and consist of a 8 metres (26 ft) fiberglass cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern. The light is positioned at 14.5 metres (48 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash 3 seconds long in a 6 seconds period visible up to a distance of 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Canadian Coast Guard with the identification code number CCG 83.^[4]

Keepers

• Ezra Munro (1875 – 1882)
• Edward Dukes Snell (1882 – 1892)
• John C. Conley (1892 – 1904)
• John "Melvin" Eldridge (1904 – 1926)
• Roy A. Sparks (1928 – at least 1939)
• Hazen Holmes (1952 – 1957)
• Garnett William Eldridge (1957 – 1967)
• Edward N. Wilson (1967 – 1970)
• C.A. Stuart (1970 – 1983)
• R.C. Stuart (1983 – 1984)

See also

• List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
• List of lighthouses in Canada