Location | Lennox Passage Provincial Park, Isle Madame, Nova Scotia |
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Coordinates | 45°35′36.6″N 61°01′20.3″W / 45.593500°N 61.022306°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1884 (first) |
Construction | wooden tower (current) pole (first) |
Automated | 1961 |
Height | 9.5 metres (31 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal tower with gallery and lantern |
Markings | white tower with red lantern and trim |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Light | |
First lit | 1906 (current) |
Focal height | 9.2 metres (30 ft) |
Lens | 6th order dioptric, fixed red |
Range | 7.0 nautical miles (13.0 km; 8.1 mi) |
Characteristic | LFl G 6s. (flash 2 sec; eclipse 4 sec) Operates at night only, seasonal |
Grandique Point Lighthouse (also known as 'Grandique Ferry Lighthouse') is an aid to navigation for Lennox Passage, which is the channel of water between the southern shore of Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, Canada. The lighthouse is located on the beach at Grandique Point in Lennox Passage Provincial Park and is accessible by a gravel road within the provincial park. The site is open to the public, the tower is closed.