 Cape Bonavista Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Bonavista Peninsula Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
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| Coordinates | 48°42′05.0″N 53°05′07.1″W / 48.701389°N 53.085306°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1843 (first) |
| Construction | limestone tower (first) steel skeletal tower (current) |
| Height | 11 metres (36 ft) (first) 12 metres (39 ft) (current) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern on the roof of a two-story wooden keeper's house (first) square pyramidal tower (current) |
| Markings | tower and lantern with vertical red and white stripes (first) |
| Operator | Bonavista Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site[1] |
| Heritage | provincial historic site  |
| Fog signal | blast every 30s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1966 (current) |
| Deactivated | 1966 (first) |
| Focal height | 51 metres (167 ft) (current) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
Cape Bonavista Light is a lighthouse located on Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland. The lighthouse, which operated from 1843 until 1962, is now a provincial museum, containing an exhibition about life in a lighthouse during the 1870s.[2]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southeastern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ Provincial Historic Site - A Guiding Light.