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| Location | Musquash Head, New Brunswick, Canada |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45°08′37″N 66°14′14″W / 45.143628°N 66.237231°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1959  |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Automated | 1980s |
| Height | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal tapered truncated tower with balcony and lantern[1] |
| Markings | white tower with a red horizontal band in the upper part, red lantern |
| Power source | solar power |
| Operator | Musquash Head Lightstation Inc.[2][3] |
| Fog signal | 4s. blast every 60s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1959 |
| Focal height | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 3s |
| Original lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1879 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | wooden tower |
| Shape | square truncated tower rising from keeper’s house |
| Markings | white tower with a red horizontal band, red lantern |
| Deactivated | 1959 |
| Focal height | 34 m (112 ft) |
Musquash is a Canadian rural community in Saint John County, New Brunswick. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west southwest of the community of Prince of Wales in Musquash Parish.
- ^ 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. 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Musquash Head, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 25 March 2017