| Pointe de l'Ouest Light |
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| Nearest Town or City: | Port-Menier Quebec Canada |
| Location: | Western end of Anticosti Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
| Notes: | The original lighthouse and attached buildings here were demolished in 1967 and a steel tower was erected to replace the lighthouse. The light on the modern tower was automated in 1979. |
| Tower Height: | 112 |
| Description Tower: | White circular stone tower with two red vertical stripes and a red lantern; dwelling attached. |
| Operational: | No |
| Date Established: | 1858 |
| Current Use: | Destroyed. |
| Characteristic Range: | Two white flashes every 18 seconds; range 16 miles (1938). |
| Optics: | Second-order Fresnel lens. |
| Height Focal Plane: | 106 |
| National Register: | No |
| Keepers: | David Ballantyn (1858-1863); Louis Malouin (1863-1877); Alfred Malouin (1877-1907); Lorenzo Malouin (1907-1926); Horatio Malouin (1926-1938); René Malouin (?); J. Marcel Duguay (1941-1964); Louis Henley (1965-1972); Luc Caron (1972-1973); Jean-Eudes Rioux (1974-1979) |
| Alternate Name1: | West Point Light |
| State: | Quebec |
| Country: | Canada |
| Date Deactivated: | 1967 |






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