| Baccalieu Island Light |
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| Nearest Town or City: | Red Head Cove Newfoundland Canada |
| Location: | Trinity Bay, off the tip of the northwest Avalon Peninsula |
| Managing Organization: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Notes: | This lighthouse was replaced as an aid to navigation by an automated light on a skeletal tower. It was originally a brick tower and was later encased in iron. |
| Tower Height: | 36 |
| Description Tower: | Red, conical cast iron tower. |
| Operational: | No |
| Date Established: | 1859 |
| Date Present Tower Built: | 1859 |
| Current Use: | Unknown |
| Open To Public: | No. |
| Directions: | Accessible only by boat or helicopter. |
| Height Focal Plane: | 443 |
| National Register: | No |
| Keepers: | Four generations of Ryans kept the light at Baccalieu from 1858 to 1950. Other keepers at Baccalieu included Alphonsus and Vincent Keough, Joseph Hatch, Felix Noonan, Eric Blunden, John Hyde, Raymond Hyde (1957-1987), and Linus Walsh. |
| State: | Newfoundland |
| Country: | Canada |
| Date Deactivated: | 1990s |






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