Flower's Cove | |
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Town | |
  Flower's Cove Location of Flower's Cove in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 51°17′0″N 56°44′0″W / 51.28333°N 56.73333°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 272 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 430 |
| Flower's Cove Lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1899 (first) |
| Foundation | concrete base (current) |
| Construction | woody tower (first) metal skeletal tower (current) |
| Height | 15.5 metres (51 ft) (first) 4 metres (13 ft) (current) |
| Shape | quadrangular atop the keeper’s house with balcony and lantern (first) square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light (current) |
| Markings | white tower (first) grey metal skeletal tower (current) |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Operator | Town of Flower's Cove[1][2][3] |
| First lit | 1969 (current) |
| Deactivated | 1969 (first) |
| Focal height | 5 metres (16 ft) (current) |
| Range | 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl G 3s |
Flower's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 272 in the Canada 2021 Census. It is known for its thrombolite fossils.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ Flower's Cove Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 15 February 2017
- ^ 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.