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Rocher aux Oiseaux Light

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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Nearest Town or City:Grosse Ile Quebec Canada
Location:About 20 miles north of Grosse Ile, Iles de la Madeleine (Magdalen Islands), Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Managing Organization:Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:Most of the 1967 lighthouse has been removed, and a skeleton tower with a red lantern is now mounted on the lower part.
Tower Height:35
Description Tower:Skeleton tower with red lantern, mounted on lower part of 1967 concrete lighthouse.
Operational:Yes
Date Established:1870
Date Present Tower Built:1967
Current Use:Active aid to navigation
Open To Public:Grounds only.
Directions:The island is a major bird sanctuary, and access is restricted. For information, contact the Bureau d’Information Touristique (Tourist Information Office) in Cap-aux-Meules, 418-986-2245. The Centre Nautique de l’Istorlet provides boat tours of the Magdalens and their lighthouses; call 888-937-8166 for information. If driving, the best way to reach the Magdalen Islands is by car ferry from Souris, Prince Edward Island. For details, see www.ilesdelamadeleine.com/ctma/madeleine_2.htm. Air Alliance (an Air Canada connector) offers air service from Montreal, Quebec City and other locations.
Characteristic Range:White flash every 8 seconds, range 10 nautical miles.
Date Automated:1988
Optics:1870: Second order Fresnel lens.
Height Focal Plane:161
National Register:No
Keepers:? Guitté (1871-1873); Peter Whalen (1873-1880); Charles Chiasson (1880-1881); Télesphore Turbide (1881-1896); Arsène Turbide (temp.) (1896); Pierre Bourque (1897-1905); Wilfrid Bourque (1905-1911); Daniel Turbide (temp.) (1911-1912); Elphège Bourque (1912-1923); J.M. Arseneault (1923-1938); ? Richard (1938-1943); Alfred Arseneault (1943-1955); Elzéar Arseneault (1955-1959); A. Éloquin (1959-1960); A. LeBlanc (1960-1962); A. McLean (1962); Donat Devost (1962); D.K. McLean (1962-1965); Jim McLean (c.1962-1985?); L. Patton (1965-1967); Luke Arsenault (c. 1980s); Louis Hubert (c. 1980s); Lauréat LeBlanc (1967-1987); Philip Quinn (?)
Alternate Name1:Bird Rocks Light
Alternate Name2:Bird Rock Light
State:Quebec
Country:Canada
Earlier Towers:1870: 50-foot hexagonal wooden tower. 1887: 39-foot hexagonal tower, raised in height to 50 feet in 1908. 1967: White, hexagonal concrete tower.
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