Cascumpeque Light
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| Location | Northport, Prince Edward Island Canada |
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| Coordinates | 46°47′56″N 64°02′13″W / 46.799°N 64.0369°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1854 (first) 1876 (second) |
| Construction | wooden tower (first) skeletal tower |
| Height | 15 metres (49 ft) (second) 17 metres (56 ft) (last)[1] |
| Shape | square frustum tower with balcony and lantern attached to a two-story keeper's house (second) skeletal tower with central wooden covered staircase (last) |
| Markings | white tower wirh horizontal red bands, red lantern (last) white tower, red lantern and trim (second) |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1968 (last) |
| Deactivated | 1968 (second) 2004 (last) |
The Cascumpeque Light is a lighthouse on the western north coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The station was established in 1856 and the lighthouse itself was built in 1899.[3] The lighthouse has a 15 metres (49 ft) square wood pyramidal tower. It has been inactive 1970, having been replaced by another built that year.
See also
References
- ^ Lighthouse Friends
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
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