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Managing Organization:
Tourism New Brunswick
Telephone: 902-566-7948
Email:
Notes:
This is the only New Brunswick lighthouse with a revolving Fresnel lens still in place. A lower window in front of a fog detector has a "windshield wiper."
Tower Height: 83
Height of Focal Plane: 80
Characteristic and Range: White flash 0.5 s; eclipse 1 s; flash 0.5 s; eclipse 5.5 s.; visible for 15 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White, octagonal wooden tower with red lantern.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1856
Date Present Tower Built: 1856
Date Automated: 1988
Optics: 1894: Second order Fresnel lens, 1910: Third order Fresnel lens, still in use.
Fog Signal: Automated horn, four second blast every 60 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
From Highway 11 near Inkerman, take Highway 113 to Shippagan and Lamèque Island and continue to Miscou Island and to the end of the highway. The lighthouse is usually open for tours in summer. In warmer weather bring insect repellent -- the mosquitos can be fierce! [NOTE: The lighthouse has been closed since June 2001 due to mercury contamination. As of August 1, 2003, it is hoped that a cleanup will be completed this summer.]
Keepers: George McConnell (Georges McConnel ?) (1856-1877), Robert Rivers (Robert River ?) (1877-1902), Joseph L. Robichaud (1903-1913), John Ward (1914-1923), Phillip Vibert (1924-1938), ? Vibert (1938-1957), (? Chiasson (c. 1957-1984), Robert Chiasson (1984-1988).
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