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Conche | |
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Town | |
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  Conche Location of Conche in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′N 55°54′W / 50.900°N 55.900°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 149 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 434 |
| Conche Lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1914 (first) |
| Foundation | concrete |
| Construction | wooden tower (first) aluminium skeletal tower (current) |
| Height | 4 metres (13 ft) (first) 6.7 metres (22 ft) |
| Shape | square frustum tower with balcony (first) quadrangular tower with light (current) |
| Markings | white tower (first) skeletal tower with red and white daymark (current) |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Operator | Village of Conche[2][3] |
| First lit | 1992 (current) |
| Deactivated | 1992 (first) |
| Focal height | 6.7 metres (22 ft) |
| Range | 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl R 6s |
Conche (/kɒntʃ/ KONCH)[4] is a community on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its population in 2021 was 149.[1]
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Conche, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
- ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press