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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Tower Height: 31
Height of Focal Plane: 54
Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every six seconds, visible for eight nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White conical fiberglass tower with red horizontal red band.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Fog alarm building.
Earlier Towers?
1872: Square, pyramidal wooden tower, 29 feet tall. 1930: Square wooden lantern on roof of two-story dwelling, 38 feet tall.
Date Established: 1872
Date Present Tower Built: 1982
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Carter Island is accessible only by boat, but it can be seen from Colonel Locke Beach in Lockeport and from the town's waterfront.
Keepers: James Lloyd (1872-?)
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