 Cape d'Or Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Cape d'Or Advocate Nova Scotia Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°17′27.2″N 64°46′27.23″W / 45.290889°N 64.7742306°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1874 (fog horn station) 1922 (first) |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Shape | quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern attached at one corner fog signal building |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Operator | Lighthouse at Cape d'Or[1] |
| Fog signal | 3 blasts every 60s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1965 (current) |
| Focal height | 24 metres (79 ft) |
| Range | 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 6s. |
Cape d'Or is a headland located near Advocate, Cumberland County, on the Bay of Fundy coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
The cape marks the north point of the entrance to the Minas Basin. Cape d'Or is a continuation of the North Mountain tholeiitic basalt formation,[2] and is marked by dramatic 200 m (660 ft) cliffs on its western side and 30 m (98 ft) cliffs on its southern side overlooking treacherous tidal currents in the Minas Channel. A basalt reef extends from the Cape into the Bay of Fundy where it intersects the violent waters of the Dory Rips, a rip tide created by the collision of three strong tidal currents.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Nova Scotia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ^ Atlantic Geoscience Society (2001)The Last Billion Years: A Geological History of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing.