| Random Head Lighthouse |
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| Nearest Town or City: | Hickman's Harbour Newfoundland Canada |
| Location: | Head of Trinity Bay, on the Avalon Peninsula in eastern Newfoundland. |
| Managing Organization: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Notes: | The tower was refurbished in the late 1980s. |
| Tower Height: | 34 |
| Description Tower: | Conical cast iron tower with red and white checkerboard pattern. |
| Operational: | Yes |
| Date Established: | 1895 |
| Date Present Tower Built: | 1895 |
| Current Use: | Active aid to navigation. |
| Open To Public: | No. |
| Directions: | The headland is about 9.5 miles from the end of the road at Hickman’s Harbour. The light tower can be seen from the top of the cliffs at Random Head. |
| Date Automated: | 1960s |
| Height Focal Plane: | 126 |
| National Register: | No |
| Keepers: | Thomas Henry Cooper (1895-?) Cooper was the first of four generations of Coopers to keep the light at Random Head. The last full-time keeper, Thomas Cooper, resigned in 1952. John Watton was the caretaker of the light through the 1960s until it became battery powered. |
| Alternate Name1: | Random Head Harbour Lighthouse |
| State: | Newfoundland |
| Country: | Canada |






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